The Ludwig Gypsum Mine is a gypsum-anhydrite mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,161 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: 5,161 Feet (1,573 Meters)
Commodity: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Lat, Long: 38.95833, -119.27528
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Ludwig Gypsum Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ludwig Gypsum Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Secondary: Copper
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
Owner Name: Ideal Cement Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GYPSUM BED IS FAULTED INTO CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH A COPPER LODE SO BOTH CU AND GYPSUM HAVE BEEN MINED.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARCHBOLD, N. L., INDUS. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY COS. NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75
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.
