The Vacation Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,850 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: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.51056, -118.07500
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Vacation Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vacation Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thermal Fault Trending Northerly And Dipping 58 E
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE JIMMY CLAIM IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS PROPERTY BUT NO INFO. AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SW AND ADJACENT TO THE SILVER GUARDIAN MINE
Comment (Production): UNDETERMINED, BUT CLARK F (1) ESTIMATES SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS MUST HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM THIS AND THE SILVER GUARDIAN PROPERTIES
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C. W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO, NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.
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.
