The Montana - Yerington Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.98639, -119.22583
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Montana - Yerington Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montana - Yerington Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Vein Cut By Fault Trending N 20 E And Dipping 50 E
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Production): 10,744 DOLLARS GROSS YIELD MORE PRODUCTION PROBABLE IN LATER YEARS
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 300 + FT. IN LENGTH SLOPING 45 DEGREES, MULTIPLE LEVELS
Comment (Deposit): METASOMATIC
References
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DIST., USGS PROF. PAPER 114
Reference (Production): COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD.,UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 27 , NO. 4
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.
