The Copper Shield is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Shield MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Shield
Secondary: Effie Fay
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Copper Shield Copper Co.
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED NE OF FLORENCE GROUP
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION LT$5000 WORTH.
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS. IN 1930, J. GERARDET HAD DRIVEN A CROSS CUT TUNNEL 300 FT LONG ON THESE CLAIMS. 11 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): ALASKITE DIKES
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): IN 1930, J. GERARDET HAD DRIVEN A CROSSCUT TUNNEL 300 FEET LONG ON THESE CLAIMS. THERE ARE SEVERAL ALASKITE DIKES ON THE PROPERTY, ONE OF WHICH IS 200 FT. WIDE. THE DIKES ARE MINERALIZED AT SEVERAL PLACES. THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE MASS BETWEEN CONTACT AND THE WEST CONTACT AREA (SCHRADER, 1935, P 37) GROUP CONSISTS OF 11 CLAIMS (SCHRADER, 1912, P 133) MINERAL SURVEY NO. 4554 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
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.
