Copper Glance Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044005
MRDS ID M231319
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Glance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.034, 40.63879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Gulch(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 21,20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MILES N. OF DUVAL'S COPPER BASIN OPEN PIT MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.034, 40.63879

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending And Nw- Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip N50-60NW
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation, Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL OREBODY LIES AT SURFACE WHERE BROKEN SHALE CONTAINS CU MINERALS BETWEEN FRAGMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. A. Joseph, W. G. Lee, L. Hand, And A. Layton
    First year 1952

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF EXACT AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION; PROVABLY LESS THAN $5000 WORTH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 0M

Comments on development

  • 22 CLAIMS DATING TO EARLY 1900'S. RELOCATED IN 1952 BY C.A. JOSEPH, W.G. LEE, AND L. HAND AND A. LAYTON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit VRECCIATED FRACTURE ZONE, NEAR SURFACE
Deposit A GROUP OF 22 CLAIMS, DEVELOPED BY A 150-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND DRIFT. SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIMS DATING BACK TO AT LEAST THE EARLY 1900'S, WERE RELOCATED IN 1952 BY C.A. JOSEPH, W.G. LEE, L. HAND AND A. LAYTON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.