| Deposit ID | 10037701 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M035877 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nevada - Denver Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.26876, 38.97963 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | APPROX. 5 MILES WEST OF YERINGTON, NEV. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lyon |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 013N | 024E | 23 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | LESS THAN 5 VOLUME PERCENT TOTAL SULFIDES |
|---|---|
| Result | CHALCOPYRITE/PYRITE RATIOS GENERALLY GREATER THAN 10 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -119.26876, 38.97963 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Yerington Batholith |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Yerington |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M035877 |
MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SKARN DEPOSIT LOCATED IN THE TRIASSIC SEPTUM WEST OF THE MASON VALLEY MINE ( REFER TO RECORD NO. M035865 ) |
| 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 |
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