Copper Chief Mine

The Copper Chief Mine is a cobalt 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

Name: Copper Chief Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Cobalt

Lat, Long: 35.8214, -115.55000

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Copper Chief Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper Chief Mine


Commodity

Primary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Unknown


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

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Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Geology): IRREGULARLY MINERALIZED FRACTURES IN BULLION DOLOMITE MEMBER STAINERITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA ARE COMMON. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SILICEOUS LIMONITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA. DURING 1921 R. MUNZBERG AND H. HARDY MINED OR SORTED FROM THE DUMP THREE LOTS OF ORE, WHICH, WHEN SOLD YIELDED THE RETURNS GIVEN BELOW: LOT WEIGHT COBALT OXIDE ( KGS ) ( PERCENT ) 1 5881.3 10.86 2 4893.8 7.20 3 868.2 20.0


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 162 1931 P.120

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.189

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR MINES BULL 81 1973 P.31


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.