The Copper Mtn. Property is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.86056, -118.45056
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Copper Mtn. Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Mtn. Property
Secondary: Snow Storm
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard - Rand
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
Type: Surface/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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXTENSIVE WORKINGS UP SW FLANK OF COPPEZ MTN.
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $125,000 . $93,500 WAS PRODUCED BY THE JUMBO EXTENSION MINING CO.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS ADITS AND NUMEROUS SURFACE SCRAPINGS. 3 SHAFTS HAVE CONNECTING CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS: COPPER MOUNTAIN, COPPER MTN. NO. 1 , COPPER MTN. NO. 4 , NO. 5 AND SNOW STORM ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): ASSAY AVERAGE 3 TO 7 PERCENT CU
Comment (Geology): CONTACT BETWEEN LMST. AND QTZ. MONZ. IRREGULAR AND JAGGED BOTH VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY. ORE OXIDIZED AND HIGHLY SILICEOUS. ORE STRINGERS VARY FROM THIN COATINGS TO SEVERAL INCHES AND OFTEN LEAD TO VALUABLE ORE BODIES
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J. H., 1962 , AN INVENTORY OF MOLY OCCURENCES IN NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, J. K., 1937 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COPPER MTN. PROPERTY, UNPUBLISHED NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE
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.
