Durfee Prospect

The Durfee Prospect is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

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: Durfee Prospect

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 41.12083, -117.26667

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Durfee Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Durfee Prospect
Secondary: Blue Bell Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): NO KNOWN LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS OF SCHEELITE RICH ENOUGH FOR SELECTIVE MINING. W CONTENT AUG 0.1 PERCENT WO3


References

Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)


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.