The Blue Rose Claims is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Blue Rose Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Rose Claims
Secondary: NBMG # 4411
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: FISSURE FILLING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillically Altered And Bleached White
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): OLDER ADITS AND PROSPECTS ARE ALONG AN IRREGULAR CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE OF CRETACEOUS AGE AND META-VOLCANICS OF JURASSIC-TRIASSIC AGE.
Comment (Workings): NEWER DOZER CUTS SUPERIMPOSED ON OLDER WORKINGS. ADITS,PITS, AND LATER DOZING.
Comment (Deposit): MINOR FISSURE-FILLING CONTAINS SOME COPPER MINERALIZATION WHICH MAY HAVE ATTRACTED TURQUOISE MINERS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYONS COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 7-11-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
