The Copper Basin Group is a copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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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
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.93889, -115.53861
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Copper Basin Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Basin Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Simonson And Hannon
Years: 1916 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ORE WERE MADE IN 1905-1906 WHICH CARRIED BETTER THAN 4 PERCENT COPPER AND $11 IN GOLD A TON (1916)
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF TWO CROSSCUT TUNNELS DRIVEN TO THE ORE ZONE FROM THE MAIN GULCH EAST OF THE DIVIDE AND A LARGE OPEN CUT WITH SHAFT ON THE DIVIDE.
Comment (Geology): ALTERED AND MINERALIZED ZONE AT SURFACE IS 20 FEET WIDE, AT DEPTH 40 FT
Comment (Deposit): COPPER BASIN GROUP CONSISTS OF 25 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R. K., BLAKE, M. C. JR., AND SMITH, R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 85
Reference (Production): HILL 1916
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.
