The Bradshaw Property is a copper mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.93972, -118.03361
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Bradshaw Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bradshaw Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Table Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Diorite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEAMS CONTAIN 7-10% FE AND 0.15-0.7 % CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN UPPER PART OF WHITE ROCK CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE ALTERED DIORITE CUT BY IRREGULAR SEAMS OF QUARTZ THAT CONTAIN ABUNDANT PYRITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TRENCHES AND SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83, P.84
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, 1965, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF A PART OF THE STILLWATER RANGE, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG MAP 28.
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.
