The Wedge Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Wedge Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wedge Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONE STRIKES N65E AND DIPS 70 N.
Comment (Location): ON SOUTHSIDE OF BIGELOR CANYON; UTM LOCATION ESTIMATED
Comment (Deposit): SILICATE ZONE 15-20 FEET THICK, ALONG CONTACT OF LIMESTONE WITH GRANITIC ROCK; REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS SMALL, AND NEARLY ALL PRIMARY SULFIDES. THE RICH ORE SHOOT IS SMALL AND DISCONTINUOUS IN THE SILICATE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): 200-FOOT ADIT, RAISE TO SURFACE 40 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; UNIV. CALIF. DEPT. GEOL. SCI.; VOL. 14, NO. 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.
