The Qacme Copper Mine is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Qacme Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Qacme Copper Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALS OCCUR IN STRINGERS AND SMALL LENSES REPLACING LIMESTONE ALONG BEDDING PLANES NEAR GRANITIC ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE BY COPPER ORES IN THE FORM OF STRINGERS AND SMALL LENSES ALONG BEDDING PLANES. UTM LOCATION IS VERY APPROXIMATE, PLUS OR MINUS 1000M OR MORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.
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.
