56 Copper Mine

The 56 Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,239 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: 56 Copper Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2853

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City 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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1856
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone

Alterations

Not available

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

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2853 SELECTED FROM PIT CONTAINS CU OXIDES AND SULFIDES AND ASSAYS 10 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.02 % TI,- 300 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 200 PPM B, 5000 PPM BA, 30 PPM BI, 50-PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, +2000 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 100 PP-M SB, 20 PPM SN, 300 PPM SR, 700 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Location): THE SMALL OPEN PIT IS ABOVE THE ROAD THAT CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE NORTH END OF RYE PATCH RESERVOIR

Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1966

Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS HOSTED BY GRANODIORITE WHERE COPPER HAS BEEN DEPOSITED MOSTLY AS OXIDES AND SULFIDES IN FRACTURES A-ND JOINTS WITHIN THE GRANITE. THE SOURCE FOR THE PRIMARY MINER-ALIZATION IS NOT EVIDENT

Comment (Workings): MOSTLY AN OPEN PIT WITH SOME PROSPECTS

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1856 AND WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1966. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, 1962, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 2, P 38

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1980, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 9-15-84

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

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.