The Unnamed Copper is a copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Copper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Unnamed (Pyramid)
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
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
Type: L
Description: Intrusive Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): COPPER MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN FAULT ZONE BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND METAVOLCANIC. SKARN ZONE, CONTAINING DISSEMIN CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME SCHEELITE IS UP TO 100 FEET WIDE, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG PARALLEL TO THE FAULT ZONE.
Comment (Geology): MALACHITE AND AZURITE, DERIVED FROM OXIDATION OF CHALCOPYRITE, COAT FRACTURES IN SKARN.
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, HF, GEOL & MIN DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEV, NBMG BULL 70, 196
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.
