The Holiday Copper Prospect is a iron, copper, and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.19306, -117.69167
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Holiday Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holiday Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sherman 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST SLOPE OF S. END OF JACKSON MOUNTAINS
Comment (Deposit): "THE TOTAL PRODUCTION (OF THE RED BUTTE DISTRICT) HAS BEEN THREE CARLOADS OF COPPER-LEAD ORE, ONE CARLOAD OF LEAD-ZINC-SILVER ORE AND ABOUT 20 TONS OF ANTIMONY ORE, ALL OF WHICH WAS SHIPPED DURING THE WAR PERIOD" (WORLD WAR I)-VAN DER BURG. INDIVIDUAL PROSPECTS ARE NOT WELL DEFINED OR LOCATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): 1979 MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59, PL. 1.
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.
