The Copper Chief Mine is a tungsten and copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,480 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: 6,480 Feet (1,975 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Copper
Lat, Long: 38.4725, -117.98361
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Copper Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Chief Mine
Secondary: Christine Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Noble, C. F. And Cornelius, L. E.
Home Office: Mina, Nevada
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Gabbs Valley Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ABUNDANT BULLDOZER SCRAPINGS AND SEVERAL SMALL INCLINES AND ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58, TABLE 6.6.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)
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.
