Magnolia Claim

The Magnolia Claim is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Magnolia Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 41.78111, -114.80639

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Magnolia Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Magnolia Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)


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: Mevada Copper Co.
Years: 1968 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Axinite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Nontronite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED WEST OF THE ALICE CLAIM

Comment (Development): FEE-PATENTED CLAIM-ONE OF GREY COPPER CORP'S UPPER GROUP OF CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): E PARALLEL LODES SEPARATED BY 150 FEET OF GRANODIORITE-ASSOCIATED WITH IGNEOUS CONTACT.

Comment (Deposit): THIS CLAIM CONTAINS TWO E-N PARALLEL LODES SEPARATED BY 150-FEET OF GRANODIORITE. THE LODES DIP STEEPLY SOUTH NEAR THE LIMESTONE-GRANODIORITE CONTACT. THE PRINCIPAL OPENING IS A 4-FOOT TUNNEL, MOSTLY IN LIMESTONE, ON THE SOUTH LODE. THE NORTH (MAIN) LODE IS ABOUT 25 FEET WIDE AND CONSISTS MOSTLY OF A SILICEOUS GANGUE (GREEN-BROWN) OF ACTINOLITE, AXINITE, GARNET, NONTRONITE, WITH GOOD CARBONATE ANDOXIDE OREES OF COPPER (SCHRADER, 1935 P.33). THE MAIN VEIN IS CONSIDERED AN EXTENSION OF THE RATTLER LODE. (SCHRADER, 1912, P125) THIS CLAIM IS ONE OF THE GREY COPPER CORPS. UPPER GROUP OF CLAIMS (SCHRADER, 1935) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1935) THE CONTACCT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 847-A.

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECOMM. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKOK CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.