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

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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

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.