Nevada - Denver Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037701
MRDS ID M035877
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada - Denver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.26876, 38.97963 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 5 MILES WEST OF YERINGTON, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 024E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Albitic, Sericitic, Propylitic, Weak Potassic

Analytical data

Result LESS THAN 5 VOLUME PERCENT TOTAL SULFIDES
Result CHALCOPYRITE/PYRITE RATIOS GENERALLY GREATER THAN 10

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Andesite To Dacite Tuff Breccia;Rhyolite Tuff, Siltstone, Limestone
    Rock description Andesite To Dacite Tuff Breccia;Rhyolite Tuff, Siltstone, Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Rhyolite To Dacite Volcanics;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Rhyolite To Dacite Volcanics;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.26876, 38.97963

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Yerington Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Garnetized Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Yerington

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN DEPOSIT LOCATED IN THE TRIASSIC SEPTUM WEST OF THE MASON VALLEY MINE ( REFER TO RECORD NO. M035865 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.