The Mason Valley Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.95, -119.22080
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Mason Valley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mason Valley Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 75, 1969, P. 26, PLATE 2.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 49, 1950, P. 85-86.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 114, 1918, P. 51-55.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 380, 1909, P. 108-110.
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.
