Mine detail: Red Canyon Claims

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site #4405'

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Location: Douglas County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.84963, -119.42877
dep_id: 10037718
mrds_id: M035896
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Sulfur
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Sulfides Found At Surface, Carbonates And Sulfur At Depth
Reporter: Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Quade, Jack, Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_type: Monzonite
prod_yrs: WAS ACTIVE IN 1915 BUT THERE ARE NO RECORDS.
References:
  • Deposit:: HILL, J. M., 1915 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF. AND NW NEV., USGS, BULL. 594 .
  • Deposit:: MOORE, J.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 75.
  • Deposit:: 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).
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