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Mcarthur Copper Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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  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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173654
MAS/MILS ID 0320190023
Record type Site
Current site name Mcarthur Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Mcarthur Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.23988, 39.04711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1438
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mason Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 024 E 25 C E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN R25E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.23988, 39.04711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Date of Last Modification 850819

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Mason

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Minerals Co. (Division Of Atlantic Richfield)
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Description Reported 5 Carloads Of Ore Shipped 5 Carloads

Comments on the production information

  • EXTENSIVE WORK DONE BY BUREAU IN 1948-50; FURTHER DRILLING DONE BY ANACONDA IN 1974.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Indicated 11800000mt ore
    Demonstrated 11800000mt ore
    Total resources 11800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.43 wt-pct Copper Major 1976
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 11790000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.43 wt-pct Copper Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; YERINGTON DISTRICT WILL

  • Reserve-Resource

    BE A MAJOR FUTURE PORPHYRY COPPER PRODUCER. V. 29,

  • Reserve-Resource

    NO. 3, 1976, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    EINAUDI, M. DESCRIPTION OF SKARNS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY

  • Deposit

    COPPER PLUTONS. PAPER IN ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA,

  • Deposit

    ED. BY S. R. TITLEY. UNIV. AZ PRESS, TUCSON, AZ, 1982,

  • Deposit

    PP. 145-148.

  • Deposit

    EINAUDI, M. YERINGTON SKARNS; FIELD TRIP 10, SKARN

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. PAPER IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA. FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY

  • Deposit

    J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL. GEOCHEM., RENO, NV,

  • Deposit

    MARCH 25-28, 1984, PP. 31-39.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS,

  • Deposit

    AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 75, 1969, 45 PP.

  • Deposit

    PROFFETT, J. M. AND J. H. DILLES. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE

  • Deposit

    YERINGTON DISTRICT, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.,

  • Deposit

    UNIV. OF NV, RENO, MAP 77, 1984.

  • Deposit

    STODDARD, C., AND J. A. CARPENTER. MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 49, 1950, P. 89.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) OIL COMPANY, ARCO, PURCHASES

  • Deposit

    COPPER COMPANY. V. 30, NO. 2, 1977, PP. 64-68.

  • Deposit

    MATSON, E. J. MACARTHUR COPPER DEPOSIT, LYON COUNTY, NEV.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4906, 1952, 47 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 45 KM SE OF CARSON GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: LARGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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