USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lyon County
Lyon Deposit
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lyon
- Mining district
- Yerington
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Pumpkin Hollow A Portion Only
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: 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: Occurrence
Operators / organizations
- Plexus Resources Corp. · Source-reported owner · 1985
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorite
- Epidote
- Magnetite
- Quartz
- Serpentine
- Talc
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60047
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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