Mine detail: Pumpkin Hollow

Previously called 'Lyon Copper/Iron DepositsLyon ClaimsNorthwest DepositNorth DepositSouth DepositE-2 DepositOre Body Names:East Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.94021, -119.05178

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Other material: Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Serpentine, Talc, Tremolite
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MRDSW016414
MAS320190181
DEP10174173
Reference{Deposit:: SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984,}{Deposit:: PP. FT2 27-35.}{Deposit:: MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS,}{Deposit:: AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Deposit:: BULL. 75, 1969, 45 PP.}{Deposit:: MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA IRON}{Deposit:: RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES IC 8511, 1971,}{Deposit:: 1971, 207 PP.}{Deposit:: SMITH, M. R. THE PUMPKIN HOLLOW MAGNESIAN IRON-COPPER}{Deposit:: SKARN, FIELD TRIP 10, SKARN DEPOSITS. EXPLORATION FOR ORE}{Deposit:: FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA FIELD}{Deposit:: TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC.}{Deposit:: EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984, P. 41-42.}{Deposit:: STODDARD, C., AND J. A. CARPENTER. MINERAL RESOURCES OF}{Deposit:: STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Deposit:: BULL. 49, 1950, P. 89.}{Deposit:: WALL STREET JOURNAL (NEW YORK). U.S. STEEL CONFIRMS IRON}{Deposit:: AND COPPER FINDS IN NEVADA, SEES STEEL PRICE RISE IN 1970.}{Deposit:: DEC. 19, 1969, P. 6.}{Reserve-Resource:: GIN, T. T., 1981, LYON COPPER/IRON DEPOSITS, LYON COUNTY,}{Reserve-Resource:: NEVADA; U.S. STEEL CORP., 12 PP.}
ReporterSpear, James M.