Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect

The Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect is a copper, molybdenum, and silver mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

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

Name: Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum, Silver

Lat, Long: 40.11417, -119.49917

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Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pyramid Lake Copper Prospect
Secondary: Blizzard Camp


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe


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: 1985
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Scapolite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): SULFIDES OCCUR IN VEINS AND SHEAR ZONES IN DIORITE PORPHYRY WHICH HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED BY INTRUSION OF A MID-CRETACEOUS QUARTZ MONZONITE. MOLYBDENITE ASSOCIATED WITH CHALCOPYRITE WAS FOUND IN ONE VEIN; HESSITE (A SILVER TELLURIDE MINERAL) WAS IDENTIFIED IN ONE SAMPLE OF CHALCOCITE . IN TWO AREAS, SULFIDES ARE DIASSEMINATED AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BIOTITE, K-FELDSPAR AND MAGNETITE IN FOLIATED DIORITE PORPHYRY .

Comment (Workings): NONE

Comment (Development): DISCOVERED BY FOLLOWING STREAM-SEDIMENT ANOMALY OF USBM GEOLOGISTS

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1980'S


References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA.

Reference (Deposit): SATKOSKI, J.J. AND BERG, A.W., 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, PYRAMID LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, USBM, 1982 : REPORT BIA NO. 38-II.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.