The Highline and Red Streak Claims is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Highline and Red Streak Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Highline and Red Streak Claims
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Red Streak Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn (BC name is Carbonate-hosted Cu)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 35% AVERAGE CU
Analytical Data: 11% INSOLUBLE
Analytical Data: .04 - .085 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: .35 - 1.1 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: 12% FE. IN 1921 TWO LOTS OF COBALT ORE WERE MINED AND SORTED, LOT 1 YIELDED 4,820 LBS, COBALT 6.35% LOT 2 YIELDED 1,200 LBS, COBALT 12.45%
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS COPPERSIDE MINE
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE CU CONTENT HIGHEST IN DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): SHEAR ZONE CUTS ACROSS THE DOLOMITE BEDDING AT DEPTH. ORIGINAL ORE WAS PROBABLY DOLOMITE BRECCIA SILICIFIED, WITH VEINS AND LENSES OF CHALCOPYRITE AND COBALT SULFIDE - BUT NO POSITIVE CONCLUSION CAN BE SAID, ORE IS COMPLETELY OXIDIZED. THE DOLOMITE IN & NEAR THE SHEAR ZONE CONTAINS COBALT OXIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 112 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R.,; PAMPEYAN, E. H.,; BOWYER, B.,; ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 90 .
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931
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.
