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Minnesota Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124858
MRDS ID W016379
MAS/MILS ID 0320050021
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota Mine
Alternate or previous names Standard Slag Mine, Minnesota Nevada, Minnesota Copper Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.33489, 39.068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 024 E 19 E2NWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Martite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.33489, 39.068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 122M
    Length 244M
    Width 152M
    Area 7HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Buckskin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner V. Cox,J. Adams,A. J. Hawkins,M. Russell,L. J. Anderson
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Standard Slag Co., Reno, Nevada
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PROD.- 4,000,000 MT ORE AND CONCENTRATE THROUGH 1967 (NEVADA DIR. BIB. REF. #454).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUTTL, J. B. THE STANDARD SLAG CO. TOPS NEVADA IRON,

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    UPGRADES MAGNETITE ORE FOR EXPORT. ENG. AND MIN. J.,

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    V. 164, NO. 12, 1963, P. 84-87.

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    LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

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    NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO, NV, 1923, 280 PP.

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    MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS,

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    AND ORMBSY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

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    BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 22, 23, 28 29.

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    MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON

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    RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES IC 8511, 1971,

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    207 PP.

  • Deposit

    REEVES, R. G., F. R. SHAWE, AND V. E. KRAL. IRON ORE

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    DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. PART B, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF

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    WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    53, PART B., 1958, P. 45-56.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. MINING METHOD IS SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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