The Coppereid is a copper and iron mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Coppereid MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coppereid
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: White Cloud
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: 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: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE ORE DEPOSITS ARE FOUND IN THERMALLY METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE AND CONSISTED OF BODIES OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS. THE MINERALIZED ZONE STRIKES EASTERLY AND DIPS 50 DEG N. THE DEPOSITS ARE SPORATIC. THE WORKINGS CONTAIN SPECULARITE, IN PLACES WITH PYRITE AND GARNET.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947: NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, F.C., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 83
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.
