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Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050801
MRDS ID N000141
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.06265, 38.90158 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yerington NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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
12N 26E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Copper Oxides And Sulfides;Chloritic Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.06265, 38.90158
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Has Within It A 3 Ft. Silica Vein With Copper Oxides And Sulfides

Ore body information

  • Strike A LOW ANGLE THRUST FAULT STRIKES N 65 DEGREES W
    Dip 20 DEGREES SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL OF THE WORKINGS ARE IN META-SEDIMENTS OF TRIASSIC AGE AND NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANITE OF CRETACEOUS AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yerington

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT ALL OF THE WORKINGS ARE IN META-SEDIMENTS

Comments on development

  • HISTORY: UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYONS COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-29-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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