The Nevada United Claims is a copper mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.8483, -118.18280
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Nevada United Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada United Claims
Secondary: Coppereid Mine
Secondary: Copperreid
Secondary: Iron Prospect
Secondary: Twin Tunnels
Secondary: Copper Butte
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: White Cloud
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1893
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 53C, P. 121-123.
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, F.R., AND OTHERS, 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA:
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULLETIN 93, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 507, P. 200.
Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L., THE PB-ZN MINES OF NEV., 1941, BONNEVVLLE POWER
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN US, 1912,
Reference (Deposit): CO., NEV., 1909, USGS BULL. 414, P. 56-61.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., NOTES O SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT
Reference (Deposit): OF CHURCHILL CC., NE., 1974, US BU MINES BULL. 83, P. 88.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): CHURCHILL. CO., NEV., 1940, US BU MINES I.C. 7093, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN
Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1923.
Reference (Deposit): ADMIN., CONFID. RPT., PP. 18-19.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF
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.
