The Copper Gulch # 2 Claim is a copper mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Gulch # 2 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Gulch # 2 Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 3417
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Freds Mtn ?
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Irwin Baker And Alton Jack
Years: 1986 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Geology): METAMORPHIC FOLIATION PARALLELS THE FAULT OR SHEAR ZONE. MALACHITE & LIMONITE OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS, POSSIBLY THE SERICITE IS FORMED BY THE ALTERATION OF BIOTITE. NO SULFIDE MINERALS SEEN. THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS PROBABLY HAVE AN INTERMEDIATE-COMPOSITION PROTOLITH. THIS PROSPECT RESEMBLES MANY OTHERS ON THE NORTH END OF FRED'S MOUNTAIN. CARL WICKSTROM, WHO HAS PROSPECTED THE AREA, SAYS BORNITE IS PRESENT IN A FEW PLACES ON THE SIDE OF FRED'S MT. TO THE WEST OF THIS LOCALITY.
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE # 3417 IS SELECT DUMP MATERIAL OF COPPER AND IRON-STAINED ROCK.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS, SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS SPREAD OVER SEVERAL ACRES. THERE ARE AT LEAST 5 COPPER GULCH CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., NBMG SAMPLE SITE #3417, VISIT DEC 3, 1986
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.
