The Minnesota Mine is a mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,981 feet.
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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: 5,981 Feet (1,823 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.0681, -119.33390
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Minnesota Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnesota Mine
Secondary: Standard Slag Mine
Secondary: Minnesota Nevada
Secondary: Minnesota Copper Lode Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Buckskin District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: The Anaconda Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Standard Slag Co., Reno, Nevada
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: V. Cox,J. Adams,A. J. Hawkins,M. Russell,L. J. Anderson
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Martite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Magnesite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Production): PAST PROD.- 4,000,000 MT ORE AND CONCENTRATE THROUGH 1967 (NEVADA DIR. BIB. REF. #454).
Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL. MINING METHOD IS SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUTTL, J. B. THE STANDARD SLAG CO. TOPS NEVADA IRON,
Reference (Deposit): UPGRADES MAGNETITE ORE FOR EXPORT. ENG. AND MIN. J.,
Reference (Deposit): V. 164, NO. 12, 1963, P. 84-87.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO, NV, 1923, 280 PP.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS,
Reference (Deposit): AND ORMBSY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 22, 23, 28 29.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON
Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES IC 8511, 1971,
Reference (Deposit): 207 PP.
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, R. G., F. R. SHAWE, AND V. E. KRAL. IRON ORE
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. PART B, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): 53, PART B., 1958, P. 45-56.
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.
