Montana - Yerington Mine

Lyon County, Nevada, United States

Copper Silver Gold Iron

Land & claims · BLM · live

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BLM MLRS ↗Claims at this point ↗Surface mgmt ↗

Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryCopper

SecondarySilver, Gold, Iron

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit typeReplacement

Deposit sizeSmall

Orebody formIRREGULAR

Ore controlOre Occurs In Short Stringers Or Small Lenses Of Solid Sulfides Within Shear Zone

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hematite, Pyrite

Geology

Host rockDiorite

Associated rockMonzonite

StructureVein Cut By Fault Trending N 20 E And Dipping 50 E

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DIST., USGS PROF. PAPER 114COUCH, CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD.,UNIV. OF NEV. BULL., VOL. 27 , NO. 4

Identification

Deposit ID10037689

MRDS IDM035861

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates38.9863, -119.22681