The Warsaw-June Group is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Warsaw-June Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Warsaw-June Group
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
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 Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NW FLANK OF CHINA MTN.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CONTAINING THREE 2-INCH BANDS OR SHOOTS OF RICH ORE, SPACED ABOUT A FOOT APART. VEIN CONTROLLED BY PIKES, FAULTS, FRACTURES
Comment (Workings): SHAFT SYMBOL ON MAP
Comment (Deposit): WARSAW CLAIM NO. 2 IS SAID TO BE TRAVERSED BY A VEIN SEVERAL FEET WIDE CONTAINING THREE 2-INCH BANDS OR SHOOTS OF RICH ORE, SPACED ABOUT A FOOT APART (SCHRADER, 1912, P 139). LOCATION GIVEN FOR ONE SHAFT SYMBOL SHOWN ON MAP, CLAIMS COVER LARGER AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIAGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497
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.
