Anaconda Prospect

The Anaconda Prospect is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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

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Site Name

Primary: Anaconda Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte 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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: The Harris Family
Years: 1984 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper

Comments

Comment (Development): THE HARRIS FAMILY CONTROLS 219 CLAIMS IN THE AREA OF RED BUTTE MINE-INACTIVE IN 1984, BUT WATCHMAN ON PROPERTY.

Comment (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCLEAR FROM DESCRIPTION IN RANSOME'S TEXT; "THE ANACONDA PROSPECT, SITUATED ON THE RIDGE OF THE SAME NAME ABOUT A MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE CAMP AND 400 TO 500 FEET HIGHER." THE CAMP AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF ABOUT 30 TENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Geology): "NATIVE COPPER OCCURS ALONG NARROW SEAMS AND JOINTS IN THE DIKE ROCK AND TO SOME EXTENT, DISSEMINATED"

Comment (Location): ONANACONDA RIDGE, 1 MI. SW OF OLD RED BUTTE CAMP

References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO. NV.; U.S.G.S. FULL 414.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TERT. OROGENY IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; A.A.P.G. BULL. VOL. 42, NO. 10.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 17 AUG 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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.