The Copper Hill Claims is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Hill Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Hill Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
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
Owner Name: Parson, Tom
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1974
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bedding Plane Faults.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Silicification, Argillic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Caliche
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): 3 SHALLOW PARTIALLY CAVED ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 8 FEB 83
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.
