The Occaision Claim is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Occaision Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Occaision Claim
Secondary: NBMG # 4270
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): EXTENSIVE DOZER CUTS AND PITS ALONG COPPER MINERALIZATION ; ECON.COM: UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN HAS COPPER OXIDES COATING FRACTURES AND IN PLACES EXTENDING INTO THE ARGILLICALLY ALTERED GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALIZATION EXPOSED IN SHEARS HOSTED IN GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): PITS, DOZER-CUTS AND SMALL ADIT SOME OF THE AREA HAS BEEN DRILLED MANY YEARS AGO. MANY OF THE PROSPECTS ARE BULLDOZER CUTS THAT WERE DONE DURING THE ERA WHEN THAT TYPE OF WORK WOULD SUFFICE FOR ASSESSMENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-29-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)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.
