Mine detail: Yerington Mine

Previously called 'MacarthurEmpire NevadaAnaconda CopperYeringtonGallagherYerington MountainWeed Heights'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.98351, -119.19408

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron, Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Silver, Uranium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Bornite, Covellite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Tenorite, Malachite, Azurite, Chalcocite, Copper, Melaconite, Magnetite, Feldspar, Quartz, Albite, Sericite
Gangue: Biotite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1953

Geology

Host rock:Yerington Batholith
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Porphyry,Limestone,Andesite,Tuff,Felsic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:Yerington Batholith, Hartford Hill Rhyolite
Associated type:Granodiorite,Rhyolite,Tonalite,Andesite,Dacite

References

MRDSM030104
MAS320190001
DEP10149678
Reference{Deposit:: Big Sky Pay Dirt (Bisbee, Az). Anaconda Reviewing Bids For Yerington. Nov. 1982, P. 42.}{Deposit:: Atlantic Richfield Co. Form 2-14 Registration Statement. Securities And Exchange Commission, 1976, P. 60-68.}{Deposit:: Einaudi, M. Description Of Skarns Associated With Porphyry Copper Plutons. Paper In Advances In Geology Of The Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwestern North America, Ed. By S. R. Titley. Univ. Az Press, Tucson, Az, 1982, Pp. 145-148.}{Deposit:: Einaudi, M. Yerington Skarns; Field Trip 10, Skarn Deposits. Paper In Exploration For Ore Deposits Of The North American Cordillera. Field Trip Guidebook, Ed. By J. L. Johnson. Symp. Of Assoc. Expl. Geochem., Reno, Nv, March 25-28, 1984, Pp. 31-39.}{Deposit:: Engel, A. L. Preliminary Tests Of Nevada Oxidized Copper Per Ores. Bumines Ri 4952, 1953, 6 Pp.}{Deposit:: Engineering And Mining Journal. Yerington Mine Starts Production. V. 155, No. 1, 1954, P. 112-113, 116, 168.}{Deposit:: Howard, K. L. Jr. Geology Of The Yerington Mine, Lyon County, Nevada. Econ. Geol. And Bulletin Soc. Econ. Geol., V. 71, No. 3, 1976, P. 700.}{Deposit:: Huttl, J. B. Anaconda Adds 5,000 Tpd Concentrator To Yerington Enterprise At Weed Heights. Eng. And Min. J., V. 163, No. 3, 1962, Pp. 75-85.}{Deposit:: Jacky, W. Copper Precipitation Methods At Weed Heights. Min. Eng., V. 19, No. 6, 1967, Pp. 70-74.}{Deposit:: Knofp, A. Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Yerington District, Nevada. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 114, 1918, Pp. 64-65.}{Deposit:: Moore, J. G. Geology And Mineral Deposits Of Lyon, Douglas, And Ormsby Counties, Nevada. Nv Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin 75, 1969, 45 Pp.}{Deposit:: Nevada Mining Association (Reno). Newsletter No. 291, June 15, 1977, Pp. 1-2.}{Deposit:: Proffett, J. M. And J. H. Dilles. Geologic Map Of The Yerington District, Nevada. Nv Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Univ. Of Nv, Reno, Map 77, 1984.}{Deposit:: Ramsey, R. H. Weed Heights: Anacond* Nevada Project -New Approach To Copper Mining. Eng. And Min. J., V. 155, No. 8, 1954, Pp. 74-93.}{Deposit:: Ransome, F. L. The Yerington Copper District, Nevada. Paper In Contributions To Economic Geology, 1908, Pt. 1, Ed. By C. W. Hayes And W. Lindgren. U.S. Geol. Surv. Bulletin 380, 1909, Pp. 99-119.}{Deposit:: Smith, M. C. Methods And Operations At The Yerington Copper Mine And Plant Of The Anaconda Company, Weed Heights, Nevada. Bumines Ic 7848, 1958, 37 Pp.}{Deposit:: Stoddard, C., And J. A. Carpenter. Mineral Resources Of Storey And Lyon Counties, Nevada. Nv Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin 49, 1950, P. 89.}{Deposit:: World Mining (San Francisco) Wha* Going On In World Mining - United States: Nevada; Yerington District Will Be A Major Future Porphyry Copper Producer. V. 29, No. 3, 1976, P. 82.}{Deposit:: World Mining (San Francisco) Oil Company, Arco, Purchases Copper Company. V. 30, No. 2, 1977, Pp. 64-68. June 15, 1977, Pp. 1-2.}{Deposit:: The Mining Record, Vol 107, #43, Oct 23, 1996, P3.}{Deposit:: Carten R B 1986 - Sodium-Calcium metasomatism: chemical, temporal, and spatial relationships at the Yerington, Nevada, Porphyry Copper deposit: in Econ. Geol. v81 pp 1495-1519}{Deposit:: Dilles J H 1987 - Petrology of the Yerington Batholith, Nevada: Evidence for evolution of Porphyry Copper ore fluids: in Econ. Geol. v82 pp 1750-1789}{Deposit:: Dilles J H, Einaudi M T 1992 - Wall-rock alteration and hydrothermal flow paths about the Ann-Mason Porphyry Copper deposit, Nevada - a 6-km vertical reconstruction: in Econ. Geol. v87 pp 1963-2001}{Deposit:: Dilles J H, Solomon G C, Taylor H P, Einaudi M T 1992 - Oxygen and Hydrogen isotope characteristics of hydrothermal alteration at the Ann-Mason Porphyry Copper deposit, Yerington, Nevada: in Econ. Geol. v87 pp 44-63}{Deposit:: Harris N B, Einaudi M T 1982 - Skarn deposits in the Yerington District, Nevada: metasomatic skarn evolution near Ludwig: in Econ. Geol. v77 pp 877-898}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Nevada Mining Associatio, 2005, Yerington Message Points}{Deposit:: Felix E. Mutschler, Steve Ludington, and Arthur A. Bookstrom, 1999, Giant Porphyry-Related Metal Camps of the World-A Database; USGS Open-File Report 99-556. U.S. Bureau of Mines, files}{Deposit:: Knopf, Adolph, 1918, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Yerington District, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 114, 68p}{Deposit:: Jurassic Magmatism and Metal Deposits in Western Nevada, 2002, Spring Field Trip Guidebook, Geological Society of Nevada Special Publication No. 35.}{Deposit:: Northern Miner, Aug. 6, 1990}{Deposit:: Pay Dirt, Sept. 1989}{Reserve-Resource:: For Yerington. Nov. 1982, P. 45.}{Reserve-Resource:: Arimetco In*. Inc. 1993, Ar. P. 5.}{Reserve-Resource:: Arimetco News Release. June 9, 1994.}{Reserve-Resource:: Arimetco News Release. February 20, 1995.}{Reserve-Resource:: EandMj. Arimetco Bets On Oxide-Ore Bargains. February, 1992. Pp. C8-C11.}{Reserve-Resource:: Arimetco In* Inc. 1995 Annual Report, P.7.}
ReporterSchruben, Paul G., LaPointe, D.D., Anderson, Claire, Buckingham, David A.