Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiarySulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlSulfides Found At Surface, Carbonates And Sulfur At Depth
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock
Associated rockMonzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsWAS ACTIVE IN 1915 BUT THERE ARE NO RECORDS.
Identification
Deposit ID10037718
MRDS IDM035896
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site #4405
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.84963, -119.42877
References
HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594 .MOORE, J.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75.RED CANYON CLAIMS, RED CANYON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #4405 VISIT, 7/11/89, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).