The Camp Bird Prospect is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.7175, -114.72972
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Camp Bird Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Camp Bird Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
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
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Sericitization Of Dike Feldspar
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Rutile
Comments
Comment (Development): 6 OR MORE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): 200-FT WIDE PORPHYRY DIKE FILLING FISSURE. ORE IS OXIDIZED
Comment (Workings): 40-FT SHAFT ON CLAIM #2
Comment (Location): 1 1/2 MI. NE OF CHINA MT., HEAD OF ELEVATION
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS TO SOME EXTENT SPORADICALLY IN THE DIKE ROCK ITSELF, BUT MORE GENERALLY IN AND ASSOCIATED WITH PARALLEL BANDS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ TRAVERSING THE DIKE, SOME OF WHICH ARE 3-4 INCHES WIDE AND ALTERNATE WITH BANDS OF DIKE ROCK. THE DIKE CONSISTS OF 40% ORTHOCLASE, 40% PLAGIOCLASE, 20% QUARTZ.
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY COMPRISES A GROUP OF SIX OR MORE CLAIMS. IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1907. THE PRINCIPAL OPENING IS A 40-FOOT SHAFT ON CLAIM NO. 2 IN A QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE WHICH IS OVER 200 FT. IN MAXIMUM WIDTH AND IS SAID TO EXTEND SW TO CHINA MT. AND THE CONTACT. IT SEEMS TO FILL A COMPOUND FISSURE OR SORT OF SHEAR ZONE, AND LOCALLY CONTAINS LENSES, VERTICAL SHEETS OR BANDS OF THE GRANODIORITE. IN THIS SHAFT THE ORE IS OXIDIZED ALL THE WAY DOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497
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.
