The Tri-Metallic Mining Co. Property is a copper and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.50806, -117.22806
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Tri-Metallic Mining Co. Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tri-Metallic Mining Co. Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Cuprite District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Replacement
Operation Type: 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: Cuprite Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: KIDNEY SHAPE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Limonite Stained
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHIPPED AVERAGE 7 OZ AU, 230 OZ AG, 19% CU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1906, NOTES ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, IN EMMONS, S.F. AND ECKEL, E.C., ED., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905: USGS BULL. 285, P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 308, P. 70.
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.
