Copper Head Property

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

Name: Copper Head Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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