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Copper Glance Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037213
MRDS ID M031101
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine
Related records 10294647

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48584, 35.85111 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS GREEN COPPER MINE (MRDS# M031108)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE MATERIAL PROBABLY CONTAINED 15 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48584, 35.85111
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Verticle Shear Zone Intersecting The Stope.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHRYSOCOLLA & MALACHITE IN VEINLETS ON ENDS & SIDES OF STOPE. COBALT OXIDE IS IN ROUND GRAINS IN THE DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORD NOT AVAILABLE; IT PROBABLY DID NOT EXCEED 50 TONS OF LOW GRADE COPPER ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 13.72M
    Overall depth 22.86M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH IS PRINCIPAL EXPLORATION, INTERSECTING THE STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 110 - 111

  • Production

    HEWETT, 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus,S U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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