The Copper Mountain Property is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Mountain Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Mountain Property
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bovard 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jumbo Extension Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE RICHER DEPOSITS OCCUR IN IRREGULAR MASSES, ALONG THE GRANITE PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE CONTACT. THE LARGER BODIES OF LOWER GRADE, PARTLY OXIDIZED AND PYRITE ORE, ARE FOUND IN THE LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): FOUR SHAFTS, 3 OF WHICH HAVE CONNECTING CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): THE CONTACTS BETWEEN THE GRANITE-PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE ARE IRREGULAR AND JAGGED, VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY. BOTH ROCKS ARE HIGHLY SILICIFIED. ORE STRINGERS VARY FROM MERE THIN COATINGS TO SEVERAL INCHES. THE SHAFT ON LEASE NO. 1 MINED LOW-GRADE MATERIAL; CU CONTENT OF 2 1/2-5%. NO. 1 COMPANY SHAFT SHOWS 3 FEET OF ORE AVERAGING 7% CU AND 5 FEET OF 4% MATERIAL. NO. 2 SHAFT (200 FT DEEP) EXPOSES 3 FEET OF ORE AVERAGING 8% CU AND 4 FEET OF 4% CU ORE. SHAFT NO. 3 (315 FT. DEEP) INTERSECTED VEIN AT 260 FOOT LEVEL. VEIN WAS 12 TO 14 FEET WIDE WITH AVERAGE OF 4.2% CU.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS: COPPER MOUNTAIN AND COPPER MOUNTAIN NO.S 1, 4, AND 5; AND SNOW STORM ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATION ESTIMATED; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = COPPER MOUNTAIN (1979) 1:24000
Comment (Production): MORE THAN $125,000; $93,500 OF THIS AMOUNT WAS PRODUCED BY THE JUMBO EXTENSION MINING CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, J. K., 1937, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY REPORT ON COPPER MOUNTAIN PROPERT
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.
