The Cuprite Copper Deposits is a copper and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.5075, -117.22639
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Cuprite Copper Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cuprite Copper Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Cuprite 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): THE MAIN COPPER-SILVER-LEAD-GOLD DEPOSITS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON THE SE SIDE OF THE CUPRITE HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): SPORADIC MASSES IN LIMESTONE, SEAMS ALONG JOINTS, LENTICULAR BODIES ALONG SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, PROSPECT HOLES
Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER ORE AND PB-AG ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 69-71.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.; RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, 1905, USGS BULL 285, P. 59-60.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.
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.
