The Indian Spring Copper Mining Co. is a copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.41944, -117.62722
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Indian Spring Copper Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Spring Copper Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Tule Canyon 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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Palmetto Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE ORE CONTAIN UP TO 27% CU, WITH SOME GOLD AND SILVER.
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF 10 CLAIMS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 80 FT SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROOT, W.A., 1909, THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA: MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, NO. 2, P. 123-125
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.
