Nevada Mine

The Nevada Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Nevada Mine
Secondary: Sue Group
Secondary: Ivy Wilson Group.

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)

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

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, POCKETS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Nontronite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Deposit): IN 1929 AND 1930, 500 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE LODE IS 5-12 FEET WIDE AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST. FOOTWALL ROCK IS MOSTLY GRANODIORITE, AND HANGING WALL ROCK IS LIMESTONE. LODE MATERIAL IS LIMESTONE EXTENSIVELY SILICIFIED AND REPLACED. SOME OF THE ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK (SCHRADER, 1935, P 36) ORE FROM THIS MINE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTACT SMELTER (ABOUT 1895) (SCHRADER 1912 P 130) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE IVY WILSON NO. 5 CLAIM

Comment (Deposit): LODE-SILICIFIED AND REPLACED LIMESTONE. SOME ORE IS IN POCKETS ALONG CROSS-FRACTURES IN THE WALLROCK. LODE DIPS STEEPLY WEST

Comment (Development): IN 1929 AND 1930, 500 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Comment (Geology): LODE DIPS STEEPLY WEST-SLICIFIED & REPLACED LIMESTONE, SOME ORE POCKETS ALONG CROSS-FRACTURES IN WALL RX.

References

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912)

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) (1912)

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.

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.