Nw Section 31 Copper-Gold Prospect

The Nw Section 31 Copper-Gold Prospect is a copper and gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Nw Section 31 Copper-Gold Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lyon

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.04028, -118.99611

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Nw Section 31 Copper-Gold Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nw Section 31 Copper-Gold Prospect
Secondary: NBMG # 3780


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Follows A N 85 Degrees W Trend

Type: R
Description: Similar Prospects Occur In This Area Wherever Meta-Sediments Are Present.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH OF HIGHWAY #95

Comment (Development): HISTORY UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comment (Workings): SMALL PROSPECT AND ADIT PARTIALLY CAVED IN

Comment (Geology): NARROW IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEIN IN META-SEDIMENTS. THE VEIN IS UP TO TWO FEET IN WIDTH, CONTAINS COPPER MINERALS AND PYRITE


References

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.