The Sue Group is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.73417, -114.83500
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Sue Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sue Group
Secondary: Ivy Wilson
Secondary: Wilson
Secondary: Nevada Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT-METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO GRANODIORITE STOCK CONTAINS COPPER CARBONATES, SULFIDES AND MOLYBDENITE
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, RAISES, WINZES AND SHORT SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): (SEE SCHRADER, 1935, P 35-6; AND 1912, P 130)
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE TUNNELS, RAISES, WINZES, AND SHORT SHAFTS. IN THIS AREA GENERALLY THE GRANODIORITE IS IN CONTACT WITH GREATLY DISTURBED AND STEEPLY DIPPING LIMESTONE, WITH ABUNDANT METAMORPHIC MINERALS IN A ZONE 1200 FEET WIDE. DIKES, SHEETS, AND IRREGULAR MASSES OF GRANODIORITE AND ALASKITE CUT THE REPLACED LIMESTONE (SCHRADER, 1935, P 35-6) THIS GROUP WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WILSON OR IVY WILSON GROUP (SEE SCHRADER, 1912, P 129-31). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497
Reference (Production): SCHRADER (1935) P. 35-36.
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.
