Nevada - Denver Mine

Lyon County, Nevada, United States

Copper Silver Gypsum-Anhydrite Gold

Land & claims · BLM · live

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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

TertiaryGypsum-Anhydrite, Gold

Commodity typeB

Deposit

Deposit typeSedimentary

Deposit sizeSmall

Orebody formIRREGULAR

Ore controlGarnetized Shear Zone

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Pyrite

Geology

Host rockLimestone · Rhyolite To Dacite Volcanics;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry

Associated rockMonzonite,Diorite · Andesite To Dacite Tuff Breccia;Rhyolite Tuff, Siltstone, Limestone

StructureYerington Batholith

Tectonic settingComplex Basin And Range Faulting

AlterationAlbitic, Sericitic, Propylitic, Weak Potassic

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1875

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References

MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .EINAUDI, M. T., 1977 , PETROSENISIS OF THE COPPER-BEARING SKARN AT THE MASON VALLEY MINE, YERINGTON, NEV., ECON. GEOL., VOL. 72 , NO. 5 .

Identification

Deposit ID10037701

MRDS IDM035877

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates38.97963, -119.26876