Br Claims

The Br Claims is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,069 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Br Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2311

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda 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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2311, A GRAB OF QUARTZITE AND VEIN MATTER FROM TRENCH, CONTAINS 3% FE 0.07% MG, 1% CA, 0.1% TI, 150 PPM MN, 7 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 7000 PPM CU, 15 PPM NO, 50 PPM NI, 1000 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 30 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): INACTIVE IN 1984

Comment (Deposit): CU OXIDE AND MN OXIDE MINERALS OCCUR IN QUARTZITE AND SPARSE QUARTZ VEIN MATTER AT A MINOR PROSPECT. PYRITE WAS NOTED IN SOME SAMPLES. THE CU MINERAL IS CHRYSOCOLLA. THE PROSPECT IS SHOWN ON MAP GQ-1174 ON AN E-W HIGH ANGLE FAULT SEPARATING PREBLE FM FROM EDNA MOUNTAIN FM. A YELLOW-GREEN ENCRUSTATION MAY BE AN ARSENATE. PROSPECTS 0.5 KM TO NORTH ON TOPO MAP ARE APPARENTLY FOR LOCATION WORK ONLY, (GOLCONDA NO. 3 CLAIM).

Comment (Workings): SMALL BULLDOZER CUT/TRENCH

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 24 JUL 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1974, MAP GQ-1174

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.