The Copper Chief is a mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Chief
Commodity
Secondary: Cobalt
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Heterogenite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES INSIGNIFICANT; PROBABLY 200 TONS AVERAGING 2.0+CO COULD BE RECOVERED FROM EXISTING OPERATIONS IF AN INVENTORY OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT WERE MADE, IT MIGHT SHOW A RATHER LARGE TONNAGE OF LOW-GRADE ORE(0.3-0.5% CO)SCATTERED IN A NUMBER OF SMALL DEPOSITS. IN SOME AREAS WHERE STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OTHER CU-CO BODIES MAY BE DISCOVERED AT DEPTH. MOST KNOWN LENSES ARE IN SHALLOW WORKINGS
Comment (Production): SOME HIGH-GRADE CO ORE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE COPPER CHIEF DEPOSIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HETEROGENITE EXISTS IN MOST OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT EITHER AS BLACK MAMILLARY CRUSTS OR AS SPOTS OR DENDRITES REPLACING DOLOMITE, IN AN ENVELOPE DISSEMINATED IN DOLOMITE AROUND OXIDIZED COPPER DEPOSITS....ORE IS LOW GRADE EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED RICH POCKETS
References
Reference (Deposit): BILBREY, J.H., JR., 1962, US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8103, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, USGS PROF. PAPER 162, 172 P.
Reference (Production): REFERENCE(1)
Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT
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.
