Ideal Mine

The Ideal Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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

Name: Ideal Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 38.50667, -118.11444

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Ideal Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ideal Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): HIGH GRADE ORE WAS NOT ENCOUNTERED ANYWHERE IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES, BUT BY CAREFUL SORTING SEVERAL CARS OF PAY WERE SHIPPED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION ESTIMATED; 1:2400 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1979 EDITION

Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARS OF LOW-GRADE ORE SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY

Comment (Deposit): COPPER SULFIDES AND CARBONATES IN SILICATE ZONE ALONG GRANITIC CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE

Comment (Workings): 335-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, AND AT LEAST 2 LEVELS


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; UNIV. CALIF. DEPT. GEOL., SCI. BULL. V. 14, NO. 1

Reference (Production): CLARK, 1922, P. 56


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.