The Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects is a mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,446 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: 5,446 Feet (1,660 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.76, -119.79806
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Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects
Secondary: Copper Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Spanish Springs Valley
Land Status
Not available
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
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: "Little Altered" According To Bonham
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED COPPER PROSPECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, ARE LOCATED ON THE NW FLANK OF HUNGRY MT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): BONHAM (1969) STATES, "COPPER MINERALIZATION IS SPORADIC AND LOW-GRADE...(AND) APPEARS TO BE NONECONOMIC."
Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN ON ADIT SYMBOL ON BEDELL FLAT (1980) 7.5' TOPO. SITE LOCATED ON THIS MAP BY HAL BONHAM (8 OCT/91) AS THE LOCATION OF THE PROSPECTS DESCRIBED IN BONHAM (1969) REFERENCE. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE GIVEN BY JOHN (1991) IS INCORRECT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 70, P.93 AND PLATE 2 (SITE 64)
Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D. A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, USGS MF-2154-B, SITE # A16
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.
