Grass Valley Copper Mine

The Grass Valley Copper Mine is a mine located in Nevada county, California.

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: Grass Valley Copper Mine  

State:  California

County:  Nevada

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.11556, -121.26556

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Grass Valley Copper Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Grass Valley Copper Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: California
County: Nevada
District: Spenceville


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): MINE COMPRISES 20.66 ACRES IN SEC. 26; MILL SITE, 4.99 ACRES IN SEC. 35. MINE IS NW OF SAN FRANCISCO COPPER MINE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE


References

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1941 , 37 TH REPT. STATE MINEROLOGIST; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, PL. 3 (MAP)


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