Copper Chief

The Copper Chief is a mine located in Clark county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Copper Chief  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 35.82167, -115.54833

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Copper Chief MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper Chief


Commodity

Secondary: Cobalt


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Heterogenite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES INSIGNIFICANT; PROBABLY 200 TONS AVERAGING 2.0+CO COULD BE RECOVERED FROM EXISTING OPERATIONS IF AN INVENTORY OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT WERE MADE, IT MIGHT SHOW A RATHER LARGE TONNAGE OF LOW-GRADE ORE(0.3-0.5% CO)SCATTERED IN A NUMBER OF SMALL DEPOSITS. IN SOME AREAS WHERE STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OTHER CU-CO BODIES MAY BE DISCOVERED AT DEPTH. MOST KNOWN LENSES ARE IN SHALLOW WORKINGS

Comment (Production): SOME HIGH-GRADE CO ORE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE COPPER CHIEF DEPOSIT

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HETEROGENITE EXISTS IN MOST OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT EITHER AS BLACK MAMILLARY CRUSTS OR AS SPOTS OR DENDRITES REPLACING DOLOMITE, IN AN ENVELOPE DISSEMINATED IN DOLOMITE AROUND OXIDIZED COPPER DEPOSITS....ORE IS LOW GRADE EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED RICH POCKETS


References

Reference (Deposit): BILBREY, J.H., JR., 1962, US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8103, P. 29

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, USGS PROF. PAPER 162, 172 P.

Reference (Production): REFERENCE(1)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.