The Copper Head Property is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 40.81639, -117.43306
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Copper Head Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Head Property
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 498
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Gold Run District; Adelaide 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. A. Emmet, Gold Beach, Or
Years: 1982 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 498, A SELECT SAMPLE OF QUARTZ VEIN MATTER, CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.03% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.005% TI, 70 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 5000 PPM CU, +2000 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 10 PPM V.
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A SINGLE SHORT ADIT
Comment (Deposit): MOLYBDENITE (IN FLAKES UP TO 1 CM DIAMETER), PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR IN A FLAT-LYING ZONE OF QUARTZ VEINLETS NEAR THE PORTAL OF AN ADIT. OXIDIZED VEIN MATTER CONTAINS LIMONITE AND OXIDE COPPER MINERALS. QUARTZ VEINS ARE 1-5 CM WIDE; THE ZONE OF VEINS AND VEINLETS IS UP TO 40 CM WIDE AT THE ONLY EXPOSURE. THE MINERALIZED ZONE CUTS A MEDIUM GRAINED GRANODIORITE AND MAY PARALLEL ITS INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH DARK METAVOLCANIC ROCK LOCATED 25 M TO THE NORTH.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 20 JUN 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1978, MAP GQ-1407
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1979, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG OFR 73-3.
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.
