Commodities
PrimaryIron
SecondaryCopper, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsActinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Serpentine, Talc, Tremolite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10174173
MRDS IDW016414
Alternate namesLyon Copper/Iron Deposits, Lyon Claims, Northwest Deposit, North Deposit, South Deposit, E-2 Deposit, Ore Body Names:, East Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.94021, -119.05178
References
SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984,PP. FT2 27-35.MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS,AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.BULL. 75, 1969, 45 PP.MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRONRESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES IC 8511, 1971,1971, 207 PP.SMITH, M. R. THE PUMPKIN HOLLOW MAGNESIAN IRON-COPPERSKARN, FIELD TRIP 10, SKARN DEPOSITS. EXPLORATION FOR OREFOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA FIELDTRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC.EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984, P. 41-42.STODDARD, C., AND J. A. CARPENTER. MINERAL RESOURCES OFSTOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.BULL. 49, 1950, P. 89.WALL STREET JOURNAL (NEW YORK). U.S. STEEL CONFIRMS IRONAND COPPER FINDS IN NEVADA, SEES STEEL PRICE RISE IN 1970.DEC. 19, 1969, P. 6.GIN, T. T., 1981, LYON COPPER/IRON DEPOSITS, LYON COUNTY,NEVADA; U.S. STEEL CORP., 12 PP.