The Great Eastern is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,259 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,259 Feet (1,298 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.62556, -114.14694
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Great Eastern MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Eastern
Secondary: Copper King District
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Bunkerville District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. W. Cannon, H. P. Edwards, C. O. Hawkins, E. A. Pierce, E. Pierce
Years: 1963 -
Owner Name: International Smelting And Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED, PODS, LENTICULAR MASSES IN AMPHIBOLITE DIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Key West Thrust
Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Peridotite Altered To Hornblende And Biotite
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PT=0.14-0.25 OZ/TON (4.8-8.6 PPM) (BEAL, 1965). DIKE ANALYSIS, PT=0.17 OZ/TON (5.8 PPM), CU=2.01%, NI=5.38%, CO=.04%, FE=19.35%. SULFIDE-BEARING MATERIAL AVERAGES 0.3% NI. PT AVERAGES 0.21 OZ/TON (7.2 PPM)
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Erythrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcanthite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Polydymite
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF VIRGIN MOUNTAINS. LOCATION GIVEN IS ADIT SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP INFO FROM LAND.ST :01?
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY 2,200 FT OF TUNNEL AND 1,091 FT DIAMOND DRILL HOLES IN 1900-1936
Comment (Geology): DIKES INTRUDE PREC GRANITIC GNEISSES. PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OVERLY GNEISS.
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDE-BEARING MATERIAL IN GREAT EASTERN DEPOSIT AVERAGES 0.3% NI. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP AND MINE PLAN IN NEEDHAM, 1950. DIKE STRIKES N70E AND IS VERTICAL. SULFIDE MINERALS ARE IN PART INTERSTITIAL TO THE SILICATES IN THE MAFIC DIKES, AND DEPOSITS PROBABLY ARE LATE MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATES ALTERED BY HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS.; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: MAGMATIC SEGREGATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1910, PLATINUM IN SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1909: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 430, P. 192-199.
Reference (Deposit): BEAL, L. H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BUNKERVILLE MINING DISTRICT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 63, P. 61-63.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE DATA, FILE NO. 23,ITEM NOS. 2 AND 3.
Reference (Deposit): NEEDHAM, A.B., SOULE, J.H., AND TRENGOVE, R.R., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF THE GREAT EASTERN NICKEL DEPOSIT, CLARK COUNTY, NEV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4679, 5 P.
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223, P. 46-47.
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.
