Unnamed Copper Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043951
MRDS ID M231260
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 492

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39485, 40.90878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Relative position 3/4 MILE S. OF GOLCONDA SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 041E 17 NE OF SW OF NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 492, GRAB OF OXIDE CU MINERALS IN GREENSTONE FROM PITS NEAR MAIN SHAFT CONTAINS 15 % FE, 1 % MG, 0.15 % CA,- 0.2 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 700 PPM BA, 20 PPM CO, 100 P-PM CR, +20000 PPM CU, 150 PPM NI, 7 PPM SC, 150 PPM SR, 150 PP-M V, 50 PPM Y, 10 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N05E
    Dip NEAR 90
    Width 0.04M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS, ONE OF WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE TOPO MAP. BULLDOZING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND A VER-Y SMALL-SCALE ATTEMPT TO BATCH LEACH SOME ORE, PROBABLY FOR PR-ECIOUS METALS.

Comments on development

  • WORKED IN EARLY 1900'S, WITH OLD TAILINGS FROM THIS ERA IN A SMALL WASH EAST OF THE SHAFT. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., (1964) MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 20 JUN 84,AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1974, MAP GO-1174.

  • Production

    SOUTERN PACIFIC CO., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDE COPPER MINERALS AND IRON AND MN OXIDES OCCUR ALONG A PROBABLE SHEAR ZONE IN GREENSTONE AND CHERT OF THE PUMP-ERNICKEL OR HAVALLAH FMS. SIMILAR MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT IN- A POSSIBLE LOW-ANGLE NORTH-TRENDING FAULT ZONE IN A SMALL PIT- SW OF THE MAIN SHAFT. LITTLE OBVIOUS HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION;- THE GREENSTONE MAY BE LOCALLY ARGILLIZED.
Deposit MALACHITE AND AZURITE ALONG FAULTS THAT STRIKE NW AND N-S IN CHERT AND GREENSTONE ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIVES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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