The Anaconda Prospect is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.10556, -118.59583
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Anaconda Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anaconda Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte 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
Owner Name: The Harris Family
Years: 1984 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Development): THE HARRIS FAMILY CONTROLS 219 CLAIMS IN THE AREA OF RED BUTTE MINE-INACTIVE IN 1984, BUT WATCHMAN ON PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCLEAR FROM DESCRIPTION IN RANSOME'S TEXT; "THE ANACONDA PROSPECT, SITUATED ON THE RIDGE OF THE SAME NAME ABOUT A MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE CAMP AND 400 TO 500 FEET HIGHER." THE CAMP AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF ABOUT 30 TENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Geology): "NATIVE COPPER OCCURS ALONG NARROW SEAMS AND JOINTS IN THE DIKE ROCK AND TO SOME EXTENT, DISSEMINATED"
Comment (Location): ONANACONDA RIDGE, 1 MI. SW OF OLD RED BUTTE CAMP
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO. NV.; U.S.G.S. FULL 414.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TERT. OROGENY IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; A.A.P.G. BULL. VOL. 42, NO. 10.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 17 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
