The North Carson is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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North Carson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Carson
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Carson
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY EQUIPED WITH HOISTING MACHINERY IN 1876 BUT ABANDONED SHORTLY THERE AFTER. A SMALL LOT OF COPPER-LEAD SILVER ORE SOLD FROM THE PROPERTY IN 1925.
References
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, THEODORE D, MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE COUNTIES, NBMG BULL 46, DEC. 1947
Reference (Deposit): TRESLER, DENNIS T., CARSON CITY FOLIO, GEOLOGIC MAP NO 1AG, 1977, NBMG.
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.
