Mine detail: Nevada - Denver Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

38.97963, -119.26876

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host rock:	Rhyolite To Dacite Volcanics;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Andesite To Dacite Tuff Breccia;Rhyolite Tuff, Siltstone, Limestone
Associated type:	Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:	Yerington Batholith
Tectonic:	Complex Basin And Range Faulting
Alteration processes:	Albitic, Sericitic, Propylitic, Weak Potassic

References

MRDS	M035877
DEP	10037701
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .}{Deposit:: EINAUDI, M. T., 1977 , PETROSENISIS OF THE COPPER-BEARING SKARN AT THE MASON VALLEY MINE, YERINGTON, NEV., ECON. GEOL., VOL. 72 , NO. 5 .}
Reporter	Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.)