The Unnamed Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.1725, -118.32833
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Unnamed Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Muttlebury District
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC. 25; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LOVELOCK (1956) 1:625000
Comment (Deposit): CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ, SOME COPPER STAINING, 2-FT WIDE VEINS. TRACES OF GOLD AND SILVER REPORTED.
Comment (Workings): PITS AND 10-FT DRIFT
Comment (Geology): CHALCOPYRITE DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ, SOME COPPER STAMING; 2' WIDE VEINS. TRACES OF GOLD AND SILVER REPORTED.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF PITS AND 10' DRIFT. SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-61, V. 1: SAN FRANCISCO, SO. PACIFIC CO.
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.
