Camp Dupont Group

The Camp Dupont Group is a gold 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: Camp Dupont Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.56167, -114.75139

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Camp Dupont Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Camp Dupont Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Newberry


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

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


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Gold on flat faults


Orebody

Not available


Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): BIG SHOT WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT 150 FT. LONG.

Comment (Geology): SOME HIGH GRADE COPPER-GOLD-SILVER ORE MIXED WITH SPECULAR IRON REPORTED IN QUARTZ VEIN IN SHEARED OLIVINE BASALT.

Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES SAZARAC, BORNITE AND BIG SHOT CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM COORDINATES ONLY APPROXIMATED

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OF 35 TONS OF ORE REPORTED FROM BIG SHOT CLAIM 1936 .


References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 200 .

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 78 .


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.