The Sam Loc. 715 is a copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Sam Loc. 715 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sam Loc. 715
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Development): 1 SHAFT = 30 FT DEEP WITH WOOD FRAME AROUND COLLAR. SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN VICINITY.
Comment (Geology): SHAFT BEGINS IN ALLUVIUM, BUT RK. ON DUMP IS MOSTLY A GREY-BROWN FINE-GRNED. SILTY LS WITH SCATTERED FOSSIL FRAGS. SOME OF THE RK. IS CUT BY SILIC VEINLETS & COARSER CALCITE VEINS. SOM BRX ON DUMP WITH PEBBLE SIZE LS. FRAGS. CEMENTED WITH CALCITE SM AMT. FE & LIMONITE. MINOR AMT. OF BLEACHED & SILIC. OF LS. NOTED. ROCK SAMPLE DESCRIPTION: GRE-BROWN SILTY LS. WITH FEW CRINOID? FRAGS CUT BY FINE SILIC. VEINLETS & COARSER CALCITE VEINS. SOME BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE & SOME FRACTURED RK. SM AMT. FE & MN STAINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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.
