The United Mining Co. Mine is a copper mine located in Douglas county, Nevada.
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United Mining Co. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: United Mining Co. Mine
Secondary: Utopian Mine Name From Topo Sheet
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Delaware
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Near Granite Contact (Moore, P. 31)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): AS OF 1918, DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 2 SHAFTS 100 FEET AND 450 FEET DEEP, AND NUMEROUS PITS AND ADITS. A STRONG IRON GOSSAN,UP TO 200 FEET WIDE COPS FOUR FISSURES IN ANDESITE. THE VEINS VARY GREATLY IN WIDTH, WITH THE MAIN ORE BODY AVERAGING FROM 7 TO 12 FEET WIDE. SURFACE DEVELOPMENT WORK SHOWED ACURITE AND MALACHITE WITH SOME COPPER OXIDES AT SURFACE, SUCEEDED AT A SHALLOW DEPTH BY SULFIDE MINERALIZATION. WEED REPORTED THAT THE MINE WAS ABANDED IN 1915, AND THE SHARE HOLDERS GIVEN STOCK IN THE BOSTON AMERICAN MINING CO
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.G., GEOL & MIN DEP. LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NW, NBMG BULL 75, 1969.
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D., MIN. RESOURCES DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WOSHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, E.H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1918
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.
