The Chase Mine is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Chase Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chase Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Chase Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NEAR-SURFACE CARBONATE ORE; CHALCOCITE ORE IN FAULT ZONE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): NEAR-SURFACE ORE IS COPPER CARBONATE, GIVING WAY TO CHALCOCITE AT DEPTH. (ORE IS IN FAULT ZONE)
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WITH WORKINGS ON 130 AND 185-FT LEVELS; AREA IS NOW ENCOMPASSED BY DUVAL'S COPPER BASIN OPEN PIT OPERATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 900 FT. NW OF SWEET MARIE MINE
Comment (Production): SOME SULFIDE ORE SHIPPED, 1918-1923. IN 1937, 3.9 TONS SULFIDE ORE WERE SHIPPED CONTAINING 31.5% CU. IN 1948, SEVERAL CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED, AVERAGING 5% CU.
Comment (Development): SOME PRODUCTION 1918-1923, 1937, 1948. AREA IS NOW ENCOMPASSED BY DUVAL'S COPPER BASIN OPEN PIT MINE.
References
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B
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.
