Qacme Copper Mine

The Qacme Copper Mine is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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

Name: Qacme Copper Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.63278, -118.36139

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Qacme Copper Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Qacme Copper Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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: LENSES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN

Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALS OCCUR IN STRINGERS AND SMALL LENSES REPLACING LIMESTONE ALONG BEDDING PLANES NEAR GRANITIC ROCKS.

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE BY COPPER ORES IN THE FORM OF STRINGERS AND SMALL LENSES ALONG BEDDING PLANES. UTM LOCATION IS VERY APPROXIMATE, PLUS OR MINUS 1000M OR MORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.