The Unnamed Copper Prospect #4 is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,269 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,269 Feet (1,606 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.6925, -117.08639
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Unnamed Copper Prospect #4 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect #4
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 36
Comment (Production): VERY SMALL AMOUNT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND 2 PITS
Comment (Geology): MALACHITE IN VEIN THAT CUTS ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE ADJACENT TO INTRUSIVE GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND TWO PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, 1964. P. 80.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET.AL., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER C, NEV.
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.
