Yerington District

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001104
MRDS ID MP90064
Record type District
Current site name Yerington District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.28098, 38.94681 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.28098, 38.94681

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description BATHOLITH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithologic contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name YERINGTON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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