The Copper Glance Mine is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,249 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.63889, -117.03306
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Copper Glance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Glance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: C. A. Joseph, W. G. Lee, L. Hand, And A. Layton
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: N-Trending And Nw- Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO RECORD OF EXACT AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION; PROVABLY LESS THAN $5000 WORTH
Comment (Development): 22 CLAIMS DATING TO EARLY 1900'S. RELOCATED IN 1952 BY C.A. JOSEPH, W.G. LEE, AND L. HAND AND A. LAYTON.
Comment (Deposit): VRECCIATED FRACTURE ZONE, NEAR SURFACE
Comment (Geology): PRINCIPAL OREBODY LIES AT SURFACE WHERE BROKEN SHALE CONTAINS CU MINERALS BETWEEN FRAGMENTS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): 1 1/2 MILES N. OF DUVAL'S COPPER BASIN OPEN PIT MINE
Comment (Deposit): A GROUP OF 22 CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY A 150-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND DRIFT. SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIMS DATING BACK TO AT LEAST THE EARLY 1900'S, WERE RELOCATED IN 1952 BY C.A. JOSEPH, W.G. LEE, L. HAND AND A. LAYTON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINI DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW. NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594
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.
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND D.C.ARNOLD, 1965
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.
