The Veteran Pit is a copper mine located in White Pine 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
Veteran Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Veteran Pit
Secondary: Morris-Brooks Mines and Pits
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson (Ely, Ruth, Kimberly)
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sedimentary Strata Tilted, Folded And Complexly Faulted
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IN E-TRENDING ZONE 6 MILES LONG, UP TO 3000 FEET WIDE. ORE CONFINED TO ALTERED PORPHYRY AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, IN DISSEMINATED GRAINS IN THE PORPHYRY, BLEBS IN QUARTZ VEINLETS, GRAINS ALONG MINUTE FRACTURES, AND IN VEINLETS OF PURE SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85
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.
