Unnamed Copper

The Unnamed Copper is a copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Unnamed Copper  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 39.7025, -119.69417

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.