The Nevada Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Nevada Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Mine
Secondary: Sue Group
Secondary: Ivy Wilson Group.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
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
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, POCKETS
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
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Nontronite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IN 1929 AND 1930, 500 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE LODE IS 5-12 FEET WIDE AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST. FOOTWALL ROCK IS MOSTLY GRANODIORITE, AND HANGING WALL ROCK IS LIMESTONE. LODE MATERIAL IS LIMESTONE EXTENSIVELY SILICIFIED AND REPLACED. SOME OF THE ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK (SCHRADER, 1935, P 36) ORE FROM THIS MINE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTACT SMELTER (ABOUT 1895) (SCHRADER 1912 P 130) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE IVY WILSON NO. 5 CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): LODE-SILICIFIED AND REPLACED LIMESTONE. SOME ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS-FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK. LODE DIPS STEEPLY WEST
Comment (Development): IN 1929 AND 1930, 500 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED.
Comment (Geology): LODE DIPS STEEPLY WEST-SLICIFIED & REPLACED LIMESTONE, SOME ORE POCKETS ALONG CROSS-FRACTURES IN WALL RX.
References
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)
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) (1912)
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
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.
