The Ideal Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.50833, -118.12917
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Ideal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ideal Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED/IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Normal Fault Cuts Main Shaft At 100 Ft. Level
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARS OF HAND SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED. APPROX. 2 TO 4 PERCENT COPPER
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY ASSOC. WITH MINERALIZED VEIN
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, AT LEAST TWO LEVELS
Comment (Geology): ORE ASSOC. WITH LIME SILICATES, GARNET AND EPIDOTE, - GOSSAN
Comment (Commodity): COPPER CARBONATES AND SULFIDES
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, CLIFTON, W; 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO. NEV., UNIV. OF CAL. PRESS, VOL. 14 , NO. 1
Reference (Deposit): US ATOMIC ENERGY COMM., PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORT, N - SL - 115 .
Reference (Production): F ( 1 )
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.
