The Black Rock Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,760 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,760 Feet (1,451 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.9725, -119.06972
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Black Rock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Rock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN BUT THOUGHT TO BE QUITE SMALL. PROBABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LATER YEARS PRODUCED ORE OF UNKNOWN QUANTITY
Comment (Workings): LIMITED DEVELOPMENT REPORTED IN 1910
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., MARCH 5 , 1910 , YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
