Mine detail: Copper Ridge Mine

Previously called 'Yerington Copper Co Nbmg # 4240'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.97908, -119.09209

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Copper Oxides Were Present In The Top Of The System While Chalcopyrite Dominated The Lower Mineralization

References

MRDS	M035858
DEP	10103616
Reference	{Deposit:: AUGUST 10 , 1912 , MINES OF YERINGTON DISTRICT, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.}{Deposit:: RANSOME,F.L. 1910 YERINGTON COPPER DISTRICT, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS}{Deposit:: TELLURIDE CLAIMS, YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT, LYONS COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 6-26-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).}
Reporter	Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.)