The Cottonwood Canyon Area is a copper mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,593 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,593 Feet (1,400 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.79194, -118.14472
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Cottonwood Canyon Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cottonwood Canyon Area
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Major Block Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 340 PPB PT, 930 PPB PD, 30 PPB RH IN ROCK SAMPLE
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION OF SAMPLING IS UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): M.L. ZIENTEK, 1993, WRITTEN COMMUN. TO J.A. PETERSON
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.
