The Popcorn & Wrangell Prospect is a copper mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,289 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: 6,289 Feet (1,917 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.4606, -118.30610
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Popcorn & Wrangell Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Popcorn & Wrangell Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: La Plata District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jack Wigley
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. NAVY, 1991, FIG. 4-3, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT FOR THE
Reference (Deposit): WITHDRAWAL AT NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, CHURCHILL COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): ATION AND SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF THE PROPOSED MASTER LAND
Reference (Deposit): THOMPSON, R.J., AND BOLENEUS, D.E. MINERAL RESOURCE EVALU-
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.
