Rea Copper Group

Occurrence in Esmeralda 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047116
MRDS ID M242366
Record type Site
Current site name Rea Copper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37397, 37.47106 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, To Peak Of Mt Jackson-In Area Of Group

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S;005S 041E;042E 25;36;30,31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON MOUNT JACKSON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result "GOOD COPPER VALUES" (1909)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.37397, 37.47106

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lida (Alida Valley, Tule Canyon) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rea, S. C.
    First year 1909

Comments on the workings information

  • 600 FT OF DEVELOPMENT IN 1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROOT, W.A., 1909, "THE LIDA MINING DISTRICT OF NEVADA," MINING WORLD, VOL. 31, P. 123-125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGE CUTS MOUNT JACKSON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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