The Lida Millsite is a copper and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lida Millsite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lida Millsite
Secondary: Sample Locations 1115
Secondary: Mount Jackson Lida Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lida (Alida Valley, Tule Canyon) Districts
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): FOUR MILES NW OF HIGHWAY 3. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Geology): THERE ARE CAMBRIAN SEDIMENTS FORMING A THIN VENER OVER GRANITIC RKS. THAT HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY RHYOLITE AND QTZ DIKES, AND VEINS. THE QTZ VEINS SHOW SOME COPPER OXIDES ALONG STRUCTURES THAT ARE HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED. PROSPECTING IS ALONG OXIDIZED OUTCROPS EXTENDING OVER AREA OF SEVERAL SQUARE MILES. THE MINE SHAFT THAT HAS BEEN TAPPED AS A WATER SOURCE HAS A VERY LARGE DUMP, AND A WIDE RANG OF SULFIDE MINERALS, INCLUDING CHALCOPYRITE IN BOTH LS AND SILTSTONE. MOST OF THE DUMP HAS SULFIDE MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH QTZ. AND CALCITE VEINS.
Comment (Workings): FOUR SHAFTS AND NUMEROUS PROSPECTS, DRILLING, TRENCHING
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J. FIELD EXAMINATION (1982)
Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W.A., 1909, THE LIDA MINING DIST. OF NV: MINING WORLD, V.31, P. 123-125
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.
