Sam Loc. 715

The Sam Loc. 715 is a copper mine located in White Pine 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: Sam Loc. 715  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 39.35139, -115.06806

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Sam Loc. 715 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sam Loc. 715


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Development): 1 SHAFT = 30 FT DEEP WITH WOOD FRAME AROUND COLLAR. SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN VICINITY.

Comment (Geology): SHAFT BEGINS IN ALLUVIUM, BUT RK. ON DUMP IS MOSTLY A GREY-BROWN FINE-GRNED. SILTY LS WITH SCATTERED FOSSIL FRAGS. SOME OF THE RK. IS CUT BY SILIC VEINLETS & COARSER CALCITE VEINS. SOM BRX ON DUMP WITH PEBBLE SIZE LS. FRAGS. CEMENTED WITH CALCITE SM AMT. FE & LIMONITE. MINOR AMT. OF BLEACHED & SILIC. OF LS. NOTED. ROCK SAMPLE DESCRIPTION: GRE-BROWN SILTY LS. WITH FEW CRINOID? FRAGS CUT BY FINE SILIC. VEINLETS & COARSER CALCITE VEINS. SOME BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH CALCITE & SOME FRACTURED RK. SM AMT. FE & MN STAINS.


References

Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION


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.