Mine detail: New York Canyon/Longshot Ridge Project

Previously called 'Wall Street patented claimTurk patented claimChampion patented claimCopper Butte patented claimIron Gate patented claimVelvet patented claimSaddle patented claimMayflower patented claimVacation patented claimLongshot Ridge Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.50798, -118.09705

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Iron, Tungsten
Ore:	Malachite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Chalcopyrite, Bornite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Garnet, Epidote
Orebody form:	irregular, lenses
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Porphyry Cu-skarn related
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect
Production years:	1906-1929
First production started:	1906
Last production ended:	1929

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation, Gabbs and Sunrise Formations
Host type:	Siltstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated type:	Monzonite,Granite
Alteration processes:	oxidized ore minerals

References

MRDS	M035576
DEP	10310559
Reference	{Deposit:: Hill, J. M., 1915 , Some Mining Districts in NE California and NW Nevada, USGS Bull. 594.}{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:: Sept. 1, 2006 press release, Canyon Copper Corp.}{Deposit:: Ross, D. C., 1961, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Mineral County, Nevada; NBMG Bull. 58}{Deposit:: Reeves, Shawe, Kral, 1958, Iron Ore Deposits of West-Central Nevada; NBMG Bull. 53-B}{Deposit:: Johnson, A. C., and Benson, W. T., 1963, Tungsten Resources of Nevada; USBM Report.}{Deposit:: Clark, C. W., 1922 , Geology and Ore Deposits of the Santa Fe District, Mineral Co, Nev., Univ. of Calif. Pub., vol. 14 , no. 1.}{Deposit:: Stanley W. Stearns, 1982, Disseminated epithermal precious metals in the Santa Fe district, Mineral County, Nevada. MS thesis, Stanford Univ.}{Geology:: Copper Canon Corp Form 10-K 2009}
Reporter	LaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.