Wedge Copper Mine

The Wedge Copper Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,201 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

Name: Wedge Copper Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 38.56528, -118.10472

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Wedge Copper Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wedge Copper Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: SHOOTS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Geology): THE RICH ORE SHOOT IS SMALL AND DISCONTINUOUS IN THE SILICATE ZONE

Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION ON SOUTH SIDE OF BIGELOR CANYON

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 200 FT. LONG WITH A RAISE OF 40 FEET TO THE SURFACE


References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO. NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.