Cornucopia

Plant in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149134
MAS/MILS ID 0320070577
Record type Site
Current site name Cornucopia

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.29374, 41.533 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 042 N 051 E 18 SESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.29374, 41.533

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Priet Joint Venture
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, ROSCOE M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56. 1976, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, 1910, USGS BULL.408, P.62-65,

  • Deposit

    GRANGER & OTHERS, 1957, NEV BMG BULL.54, P.41-42

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-DEC-96 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.