Mine detail: Minnesota Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site # 4424'

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Location: Douglas County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.06879, -119.33516
dep_id: 10050861
mrds_id: N000347
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Molybdenite
alteration: Calc-Silicate
Reporter: Quade, Jack, Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.)
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock,Dolomite
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1944
yr_lst_prd: 1971
prod_yrs: LARGE SCALE OPERATION 1944-1971
References:
  • Deposit:: MOORE, J.G., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 75.
  • Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4424 VISIT, JULY 12,1989.
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