The Bluestone Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.96, -119.22972
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Bluestone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluestone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: ELLIPTICAL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults One Of Which Being Transverse
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn Zone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Andradite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION BASED ON USGS 15 MIN. QUAD
Comment (Deposit): MUCH OF AREA OUTLINED COMPOSED OF TOO LOW GRADE TO BE CONSIDERED ECONOMIC ORE. REFER TO RECORD NO. M035865 FOR SPECIFIC CONTACT AUREOLE INFO.
Comment (Workings): OPENED BY TWO ADITS, VERTICAL SHAFT 650 FT INCLINED DEPTH.
Comment (Geology): STRONG BRECCIATION. CALC-SILICATE HORNFELSES INTERSTRATIFIED WITH WHITE MARBLE. GRANODIORITE MULTIPLE PULSE INTRUSIONS.
Comment (Deposit): BLUESTONE IS THE OLDEST MINE IN THE DISTRICT
Comment (Production): IN 1924 , MINE TAKEN OVER BY MASON VALLEY MINES CO. AND ITS ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION WAS CREDITED TO THAT COMPANY
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): 1918 GEOLMAP KNOPF, A., USGS PROF. PAPER 114
Reference (Deposit): 1969 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75
Reference (Production): COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD., UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 27 , NO. 4
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 114
Reference (Deposit): 1907 RECON MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS
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.
