The Copper Mine is a silver, copper, gold, and antimony mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper, Gold, Antimony
Lat, Long: 41.13778, -118.55417
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Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Mine
Secondary: Bull Creek #1
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2247
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
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
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEVERAL PERCENT CU IN VEIN MATERIAL. SAMPLE 2247, A STOCKPILE GRAB OF QUARTZ VEIN AND SILICEOUS GANGUE WITH AZURITE, MALACHITE, BORNITE, ARSENOPYRITE-, CONTAINS 0.5 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.5 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 100 PPM MN-, 200 PPM AG, 300 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 100-00 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 5000 PPM SB, 70 PPM V, 1000 P-PM ZN, 30 PPM ZR, 4.5 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS.)
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT AND A SHALLOW SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): SOUTH-EAST FLANK NAVAJO PEAK; NEAR HEAD OF BULL CREEK
Comment (Workings): ADIT, SHALLOW SHAFT; ORE STOCKPILE
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1963, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL 1141-D
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 1984.
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.
