Lago Deposit
Can I collect here?
ProBased on our latest records, with claims updated from the BLM on Oct 15, 2026. Land and claims can change quickly, so check before you go.
Minerals on record here
10 mineralsAlso recorded: malachite, molybdenite, pyrite and silver.
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About Lago Deposit
Geology and deposit
- Deposit type
- Porphyry copper
- Host rock
- Quartz Monzonite, Porphyry, Granodiorite, Diorite
- Associated rock
- Porphyry
- Deposit model
- 53: Porphyry Cu79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
faults
Faults and igneous contact
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Underground
- Discovered
- 1961
Records and references
Proffett, J.M., 1967, Progress Report on the Bear-Lagomarsino area, Yerington District, Lyon County, Nevada: Anaconda Company Report, 31p..Wilson, G.E., 1978, Data exchange with Phelps Dodge on the Bear-Lagomarsino area: Anaconda Company Report, 28p.John, D.A., and Sherlock, M.G., 1991, Map Showing Mines and Prospects in the Reno 1 by 2 Quadrangle, Nevada and California, USGS MF-2154, Site #P3Long, 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.Jurassic Magmatism and Metal Deposits in Western Nevada, 2002, Spring Field Trip Guidebook, Geological Society of Nevada Special Publication No. 35.Lowe, Raney, and Norberg, Principal Deposits of Strategic and Critical Minerals in Nevada; USBM IC-9035.Stoddard, C., And J. A. Carpenter. Mineral Resources Of Storey And Lyon Counties, Nevada. Nv Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin 49, 1950, P. 89.World Mining (San Francisco) What'S Going On In World Mining - United States: Nevada; Yerington District Will Be A Major Future Porphyry Copper Producer. V. 29, No. 3, 1976, P. 82.Einaudi, M.T., 1982, Description of skarns associated with porphyry copper plutons; in Titley, S. R., ed., Advances in Geology of the Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southwest North America, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona, p. 139-183.Dilles, J.H. and Wright, J.E., 1988, The chronology of Early Mesozoic arc magmatism in the Yerington District, Nevada, and its regional implications; Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100, p. 644-652.Albino, G.V., 1995, Porphyry copper deposits of the Great Basin?Nevada, Utah, and adjacent California, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds, Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 267?296.Dilles, J.H., and Proffett, J.M., 1995, Metallogenesis of the Yerington batholith, Nevada, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona Geological Society Digest 20, p. 306?315.World Mining (San Francisco) Anaconda - Atlantic Richfield Must Divest Cu Reserves. V. 32. No. 5, 1979, P. 65.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10310388 — view the source record
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Questions about Lago Deposit
Can you collect at Lago Deposit?
It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.
What minerals are found at Lago Deposit?
Azurite, bornite, chalcopyrite, chrysocolla, copper, gold, malachite, molybdenite, pyrite and silver.
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Photos: Azurite by Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0; Bornite by Leon Hupperichs, CC BY-SA 3.0; Chalcopyrite by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 3.0; Chrysocolla by Robert M. Lavinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0; Copper by “Jon Zander (Digon3)", CC BY-SA 3.0; Gold by Alchemist-hp (talk) www.pse-mendelejew.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.





