Unnamed Copper Prospect No.1

The Unnamed Copper Prospect No.1 is a copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

Name: Unnamed Copper Prospect No.1  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 37.9425, -117.49361

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Unnamed Copper Prospect No.1 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect No.1


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District; Weepah 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of Aplite; Silication Of Limestone


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA. ACCESSIBLE BY GRADED DIRT ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE IN LIMESTONE NEAR SERICITIZED APLITE DIKE. PYRITE AND CHALCO PYRITE, LARGELY OXIDIZED, OCCUR IN FRACTURES IN MARBLIZED LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO TACTITE

Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER TRENCH AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM,H.F.,JR., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION 10/24/79

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL 78.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.