The Saint Patrick is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.58417, -118.10806
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Saint Patrick MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Saint Patrick
Secondary: Copper Queen Group Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: WEDGE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
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 Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): COPPER QUEEN GROUP EXTENDED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. ALONG A TACTITE ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): PRIOR TO OR DURING 1916 SAMPLING AVE. 6 - 8 PERCENT CU
Comment (Production): VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): OXIDATION OF SULPHIDES PRODUCED AN GOSSAN CAP ON SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): EXPLOITED MOSTLY BY GLORY HOLE METHOD, 40 FT. SHAFT
Comment (Location): EMMA-DANDY(M035610) AND ST. PATRICK ARE PARTS OF THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP DESCRIBED BY CLARK(1922). TWO SITES WITHIN THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP ARE DESCRIBED IN MRDS BECAUSE THEIR GEOLOGY IS SIMILAR BUT THEIR LOCATIONS AND REFERENCES ARE DIFFERENT. COPPER QUEEN IS NOT DESCRIBED SEPARATELY IN MRDS. LOCATION CONFIRMED BY J. TINGLEY AND J. QUADE 5 DEC/89
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO. NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.
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.
