The Mcconnell Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.9425, -119.22917
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Mcconnell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mcconnell Mine
Secondary: Red Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1912 - 1913
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3.2 Percent Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Yerington Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Shallow Oxidation, Albitic, Sericitic, Propylitic Weak Potassic
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND TRACE AU
Analytical Data: 1.4 PERCENT CU
Analytical Data: 3 SELECT SAMPLES AVG. .58 PERCENT AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS WESTERN - NEVADA GROUP ON THE SOUTH
Comment (Deposit): FRINGE SKARN RELATIVE TO THE ANDRADITE - CHALCOPYRITE SKARNS WITH MANY CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO THE MASON VALLEY MINE CONTACT METASOMATIC. REFER TO RECORD NO. M035865
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF A LARGE OPEN CUT OR GLORY HOLE
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A. T., 1907 , REPORT ON MCCONNELL GROUP YERINGTON DISTRICT, UNPUBL. RECORD, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE.
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 114 .
Reference (Deposit): EINAUDI, M. T., 1977 , PETROGENISIS OF COPPER BEARING SKARN AT THE MASON VALLEY MINE, YERINGTON DIST., NEV., ECON. GEOL., VOL. 72 , NO. 5 .
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.
