The Precipitation Plant is a copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,959 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: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.2661, -114.97640
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Precipitation Plant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Precipitation Plant
Secondary: Sunshine-Puritan Precip. Plant
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kennecott Minerals Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Processing Plant
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): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983, P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1984, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1975, P. 66.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1976, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
