The Beach Mine is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.95306, -118.91056
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Beach Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beach Mine
Secondary: Yerington Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized Granodiorite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): HEAD OF NE DRAINAGE BLACK MTN.
Comment (Production): GRADE FIGURES DERIVED FROM SELECTED ORE GROSS YIELD = $28,902.00
Comment (Workings): SMALL AMOUNT OF SLOPING ON THE VEIN WITHIN 300 FEET OF PORTAL AND ON AN ORE SHOOT 190 FEET FROM FACE OF THE DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CRUSHED GRANODIORITE PARTLY CEMENTED BY QTZ.
Comment (Deposit): VALUABLE CONTENT OF DEPOSIT MOSTLY SECONDARY. PRIMARY ORE MOSTLY NONCUPRIFEROUS OR ONLY SLIGHTLY CUPRIFEROUS PYRITE, SO THAT THE SOURCE OF THE COPPER IS NOT THOROUGHLY CLEAR.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL ( 1915 P 131 - 132 ) SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV.
Reference (Deposit): COUCH, CARPENTER ( 1943 P 105 ) NEVADAS METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION ( 1859 - 1940 INCLUSIVE )
Reference (Production): ROSS & COUCH
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEV
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.
