The Blue Jay Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.98306, -119.08972
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Blue Jay Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jay Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4239
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Sericitization (Large Amount )
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Brochantite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Production): UNSPECIFIED PRODUCTION
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Development): HISTORY: REFERENCES IN THE DATA ARE FROM 1910, SOME CURRENT ACTIVITY INCLUDES ONGOING ROAD BUILDING AND OCCUPIED LIVING FACILITY.
Comment (Deposit): METASOMATICVEIN
Comment (Workings): LARGE OPEN PIT ATOP THE MOUNTAIN MAY HAVE REMOVED MOST OF THE OLD WORKINGS , WHERE A SHAFT AND DIFFERENT LOWER UNDERGROUND LEVEL WERE WORKED.
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED MINERALS AT SURFACE, CHALCOPYRITE AT DEPTH COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN GRANIORITE
Comment (Deposit): NEW COPPER KING CLAIMS MAY COVER THIS AREA SAMPLE SITE # 4239 15,000 CU ??? 200 W ???? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., MARCH 5 , 1910 , YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER NO. 114 .
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYONS COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-26-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
