Mine detail: Pumpkin Hollow Copper Project

Previously called 'Lyon ProspectLyon copper-magnetite propertyE-2EastNorthNorthwestSouthSoutheast'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.94685, -119.28098

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Magnetite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Azurite, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Copper
Gangue: Garnet, Epidote, Wollastonite, Quartz, Calcite, Pyroxene
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: contact metasomatic
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Limestone,Marble,Hornfels,Granodiorite,Quartz Monzonite
Structure:batholith
Tectonic:back-arc marginal basin

References

DEP10310476
Reference{Deposit:: 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:: 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:: Denver Mining Record, 6/15/98.}{Deposit:: Jurassic Magmatism and Metal Deposits in Western Nevada, 2002, Spring Field Trip Guidebook, Geological Society of Nevada Special Publication No. 35.}{Deposit:: Steven Kilbreath & others, 1982, Geology of the Pumpkin Hollow Copper-magnettite skarn deposits; abstract for GSN talk given Nov. 19,1982.}{Deposit:: http://www.nevadacopper.com/s/PumpkinHollow.asp?ReportID=143240}{Deposit:: Rozelle, John, 2006, Detailed technical report on the Pumpkin Hollow project at http://www.nevadacopper.com/i/pdf/PUMPKINHOLLOWCOPPERPROJECT-NI43-101-063006.pdf}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.