The Copper Ridge Mine is a copper mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.97917, -119.09111
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Copper Ridge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Ridge Mine
Secondary: Yerington Copper Co Nbmg # 4240
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Copper Oxides Were Present In The Top Of The System While Chalcopyrite Dominated The Lower Mineralization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME MATERIALS REMOVED FROM THE PLACE IT WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE YERINGTON COPPER CO. IN 1912.
Comment (Deposit): METASOMATIC VEIN
Comment (Workings): ADITS WERE RUN ON THE VEIN AT VARIOUS LEVELS AND A SHAFT STARTED AT THE PORTAL OF THE LOWER ADIT DRIVEN TO 400 + FEET
Comment (Geology): A 6 FOOT FISSURE VEIN IN GRANODIORITE ADJACENT TO A PORPHYRY DIKE STRIKES N 65 DEGREES E AND DIPS 55 DEGREES SE. "META-SOMATIC VEIN"
Comment (Deposit): YERINGTON COPPER COMPANY MAINTAINED TWELVE CLAIMS ON THE PROPERTY IN 1912 . VERY POOR ROADS IN THE AREA OF THE WORKINGS WHICH ARE ATOP THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE HILL. >20,000 CU 1,500 B ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYONS COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-26-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Deposit): AUGUST 10 , 1912 , MINES OF YERINGTON DISTRICT, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME,F.L. 1910 YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, 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.
