The Red Canyon Claims is a copper mine located in Douglas 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: 38.84972, -119.42778
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Red Canyon Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Canyon Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #4405
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Red Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
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 Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): MOUTH OF RED CANYON
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UNSPECIFIED
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS AND SHAFTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): AN AREA OF OLD CAVED ADITS AND SHAFTS IN GOSSAN-LIKE CAPPING WITH IRREGULAR CONTACTS BETWEEN META-SEDIMENTS AND GRANITE. SULFIDES OCCUR AT SURFACE BUT CARBONATES AND SULFUR WERE REPORTED BY HILL, 1915, TO BE PRESENT IN THE DEEPEST WORKINGS. ORE SCATTERED AROUND ON DUMPS INCLUDE CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594 .
Reference (Deposit): RED CANYON CLAIMS, RED CANYON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #4405 VISIT, 7/11/89, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
