USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lyon County
Casting Copper Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lyon
- Mining district
- Yerington
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- NBMG # 4409
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Cu-Ag-gypsum-Au occurrence/mine located in the E½E½ sec. 34, T13N, R24E, MDM, 0.9 km (0.6 mile) SSE of Ludwig (site) (3.5 miles E of Artesia Lake; 1 mile SW of the Ludwig Mine), on private land. Operated prior to 1914 and during the period 191…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 20 shaft symbols
- 17 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Garnet
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Covellite
- Albite
- Andradite
- Azurite
View all 25 reported minerals
- Garnet
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- Covellite
- Albite
- Andradite
- Azurite
- Calcite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chrysocolla
- commodity:Copper
- Covellite
- Diopside
- Granodiorite
- Limestone
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Muscovite
- Pyrite
- Quartz-monzonite
- Sericite
- Travertine
- Tyuyamunite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (20)
- mapped adit symbols (17)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61152
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (20)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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