| Location: | Lyon County, Nevada, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.95991, -119.2307 |
| dep_id: | 10037692 |
| mrds_id: | M035864 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Copper |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Sedimentary |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite |
| gangue: | Andradite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Wollastonite |
| orebody_fm: | ELLIPTICAL |
| work_type: | Underground |
| model: | 59: Skarn Cu |
| alteration: | Skarn Zone |
| conc_proc: | Minor Supergene Enrichment Producing Sooty Film On The Chalcopyrite |
| ore_ctrl: | Shear Zone; Near Fault Contact Between Host Rock And Igneous Intrusives |
| Reporter: | Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) |
| hrock_type: | Hornfels,Marble |
| arock_unit: | Yerington Batholith |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | Numerous Faults One Of Which Being Transverse |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: KNOPF, A., 1918 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 114
- Deposit:: 1907 RECON MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS
- Deposit:: 1918 GEOLMAP KNOPF, A., USGS PROF. PAPER 114
- Deposit:: 1969 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75
- Production:: COUCH AND CARPENTER, 1943 , NEV. METAL AND MINERAL PROD., UNIV. OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 27 , NO. 4
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