Saint Patrick

The Saint Patrick is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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

Name: Saint Patrick  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 38.58417, -118.10806

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Saint Patrick MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Saint Patrick
Secondary: Copper Queen Group Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe


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

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: WEDGE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): COPPER QUEEN GROUP EXTENDED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. ALONG A TACTITE ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): PRIOR TO OR DURING 1916 SAMPLING AVE. 6 - 8 PERCENT CU

Comment (Production): VERY LIMITED PRODUCTION

Comment (Deposit): OXIDATION OF SULPHIDES PRODUCED AN GOSSAN CAP ON SURFACE.

Comment (Workings): EXPLOITED MOSTLY BY GLORY HOLE METHOD, 40 FT. SHAFT

Comment (Location): EMMA-DANDY(M035610) AND ST. PATRICK ARE PARTS OF THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP DESCRIBED BY CLARK(1922). TWO SITES WITHIN THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP ARE DESCRIBED IN MRDS BECAUSE THEIR GEOLOGY IS SIMILAR BUT THEIR LOCATIONS AND REFERENCES ARE DIFFERENT. COPPER QUEEN IS NOT DESCRIBED SEPARATELY IN MRDS. LOCATION CONFIRMED BY J. TINGLEY AND J. QUADE 5 DEC/89


References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO. NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.


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.