The Unnamed Copper Prospect No.2 is a copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Copper Prospect No.2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect No.2
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District; Weepah 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Marble
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA ACCESSIBLE BY GRADED DIRT ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ESTIMATED FEW TONS CU ORE PRODUCED. ONE DIAMOND DRILL HOLE ON PROPERTY, WITH SOME EXPLORATION ACTIVITY WITHIN PAST FEW YEARS (1979)
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE IN LIMESTONE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN MULE SPRINGS AND CAMPITO FM. FAULT SHOWN AS THRUST BY ALBERS AND STEWART, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULT. TACTITE IS PREDOMINANTLY GARNET WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE, LARGELY OXIDIZED. SOME SULFIDE REPLACEMENT OF MARBLE. ESTIMATED GRADE OF TACTITE ZONE IS +1% CU.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS (ONE APPROXIMATELY 100M DEEP), SEVERAL DOZER CUTS, ONE DIMOND DRILL HOLE
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8,83-11, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM,H.F.,JR., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION, 10/24/79
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.
