Mcarthur Copper Deposit

Site Name

Primary: Mcarthur Copper Deposit
Secondary: Mcarthur Copper Mine

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Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Mason

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Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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.

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Not available

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Ownership

Owner Name: Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1979

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Production

Year: 1943
Description: Reported 5 Carloads Of Ore Shipped 5 Carloads

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Cuprite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 45 KM SE OF CARSON GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: LARGE

Comment (Production): EXTENSIVE WORK DONE BY BUREAU IN 1948-50; FURTHER DRILLING DONE BY ANACONDA IN 1974.

Comment (Location): ALSO IN R25E

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References

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 75, 1969, 45 PP.

Reference (Deposit): AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS,

Reference (Deposit): MARCH 25-28, 1984, PP. 31-39.

Reference (Deposit): J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV,

Reference (Deposit): NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA. FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. PAPER IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): EINAUDI, M. YERINGTON SKARNS; FIELD TRIP 10, SKARN

Reference (Deposit): PP. 145-148.

Reference (Deposit): ED. BY S. R. TITLEY. UNIV. AZ PRESS, TUCSON, AZ, 1982,

Reference (Deposit): PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA,

Reference (Deposit): COPPER PLUTONS. PAPER IN ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4906, 1952, 47 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MATSON, E. J. MACARTHUR COPPER DEPOSIT, LYON COUNTY, NEV.

Reference (Deposit): COPPER COMPANY. V. 30, NO. 2, 1977, PP. 64-68.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 49, 1950, P. 89.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) OIL COMPANY, ARCO, PURCHASES

Reference (Deposit): STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, C., AND J. A. CARPENTER. MINERAL RESOURCES OF

Reference (Deposit): UNIV. OF NV, RENO, MAP 77, 1984.

Reference (Deposit): YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.,

Reference (Deposit): PROFFETT, J. M. AND J. H. DILLES. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NO. 3, 1976, P. 82.

Reference (Deposit): EINAUDI, M. DESCRIPTION OF SKARNS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BE A MAJOR FUTURE PORPHYRY COPPER PRODUCER. V. 29,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; YERINGTON DISTRICT WILL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD

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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.