Coppereid Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Lead, Tin, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124974
MAS/MILS ID 0320010159
Record type Site
Current site name Coppereid Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada United Claims, Copperreid, Iron Prospect, Twin Tunnels, Copper Butte

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.18377, 39.8482 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fondaway Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 N 034 E 20 SESENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.18377, 39.8482

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 45N
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N90E:45N
    Date of Last Modification 790904

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name White Cloud

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L., THE PB-ZN MINES OF NEV., 1941, BONNEVVLLE POWER

  • Deposit

    ADMIN., CONFID. RPT., PP. 18-19.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEV., 1923.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL. CO., NEV., 1940, US BU MINES I.C. 7093, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS

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    OF CHURCHILL CC., NE., 1974, US BU MINES BULL. 83, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., NOTES O SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT

  • Deposit

    CO., NEV., 1909, USGS BULL. 414, P. 56-61.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN US, 1912,

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 507, P. 200.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULLETIN 93, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    SHAWE, F.R., AND OTHERS, 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA:

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 53C, P. 121-123.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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