The Sidong Claims is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sidong Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sidong Claims
Secondary: Knowlton Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ferber
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Deming Around Intrusive
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Siliciation-Intense But Small
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): LIE ON MARGINS OF FERBER WASH
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN
Comment (Workings): 40-FT. SHAFT WITH 50 FT. DRIFT AT BOTTOM; 30-FT. INCLINE SHAFT; WITH 40-FT. DRAFT.
Comment (Geology): SKARN FRAGMENTS INCLUDED IN INTRUSIVE AT CONTACT-BRECCIATED-REPLACEMENT CU MINERALS
Comment (Deposit): THE SIDING CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN JANUARY 1908 BY G.W. AND S.A. KNOWLTON CN BOTHSODES OF FERVER WASH, 2 MILES WEST OF DEEP CREEK CANON. DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF 40' SHAFT WITH 50' OF DRIFT AT BOTTOM, 30' INCLINE SHAFT WITH 40' DRIFT UNDER CUTTING IT ON THE ORE ZONE. THE ORE ZONE FORMED ON AN OPEN FISSURE STRIKING N 20 DEG E WITH 30 DEG DIP TO THE WEST THE WORKINGS ARE ON THE CONTACT AND BOTH THE SKARN AND INTRUSIVE BRECCIATED. THE ORE MINERALS ARE COPPER SILICATE, COPPER PITCHWITH SOME MALACHITE AND AZURITE, COPPER CARBONATE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES E., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL. 648, 1916.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A.E., ETAL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBM BULL. 54,1957
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE, M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELK COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPE FILE REPORT1976-56.
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.
