The Unnamed Copper Occurrence #5 is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.58056, -117.18306
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Unnamed Copper Occurrence #5 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper Occurrence #5
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Barium-Barite
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR,-VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Golconda Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Nne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN GOSSAN IN CHERT
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS IN GOSSAN IN CHERT
Comment (Location): 1.5 MI. BELOW HEAD OF ROCKY CANYON: NW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 7
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, ETAL, 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, 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.
