Copperside Mine

The Copperside Mine is a copper mine located in Clark 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

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Site Name

Primary: Copperside Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Owner Name: F. Renaux And O. F. Schwartz
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusting.

Type: L
Description: Parallel Fracture Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: .10 - 1.2 OZ/TON AG.
Analytical Data: 0 - .18 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 4.3 - 19.4 % INSOLUBLE
Analytical Data: 7.7 - 16.5 % FE
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED 13.8 - 36.5 % CU, AVERAGE OF 24 % CU

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE TWO MAIN ORE SHOOTS UNDERLIE WELL DEFINED HANGING WALLS. THE ORE FORMED LENSES PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, MADE UP NOW OF OXIDIZED MINERALS.

References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 189 .

Reference (Production): HEWETT 1931

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 112 - 113 .

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.