Unnamed Copper Prospect #4

The Unnamed Copper Prospect #4 is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,269 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Unnamed Copper Prospect #4  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,269 Feet (1,606 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.6925, -117.08639

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Unnamed Copper Prospect #4 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Copper Prospect #4


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Battle Mountain District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 36

Comment (Production): VERY SMALL AMOUNT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN

Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND 2 PITS

Comment (Geology): MALACHITE IN VEIN THAT CUTS ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE ADJACENT TO INTRUSIVE GRANODIORITE

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND TWO PITS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, 1964. P. 80.

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET.AL., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER C, NEV.


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.