Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects

The Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects is a mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,446 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

Name: Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 5,446 Feet (1,660 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.76, -119.79806

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Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nw Hungry Mountain Copper Prospects
Secondary: Copper Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Spanish Springs Valley


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


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

Type: L
Description: Fracture Zones


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: "Little Altered" According To Bonham


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 3 SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS, PITS AND TRENCHES

Comment (Deposit): SCATTERED COPPER PROSPECTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, ARE LOCATED ON THE NW FLANK OF HUNGRY MT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): BONHAM (1969) STATES, "COPPER MINERALIZATION IS SPORADIC AND LOW-GRADE...(AND) APPEARS TO BE NONECONOMIC."

Comment (Location): UTM TAKEN ON ADIT SYMBOL ON BEDELL FLAT (1980) 7.5' TOPO. SITE LOCATED ON THIS MAP BY HAL BONHAM (8 OCT/91) AS THE LOCATION OF THE PROSPECTS DESCRIBED IN BONHAM (1969) REFERENCE. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE GIVEN BY JOHN (1991) IS INCORRECT.


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 70, P.93 AND PLATE 2 (SITE 64)

Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D. A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA, USGS MF-2154-B, SITE # A16


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.