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Copper Chief Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270007
MRDS ID W000699
MAS/MILS ID 0320030126
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Chief Mine
Related records 10067837

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.55084, 35.8214 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 S 057 E 35 SENWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.55084, 35.8214
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULARLY MINERALIZED FRACTURES IN BULLION DOLOMITE MEMBER STAINERITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA ARE COMMON. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SILICEOUS LIMONITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA. DURING 1921 R. MUNZBERG AND H. HARDY MINED OR SORTED FROM THE DUMP THREE LOTS OF ORE, WHICH, WHEN SOLD YIELDED THE RETURNS GIVEN BELOW: LOT WEIGHT COBALT OXIDE ( KGS ) ( PERCENT ) 1 5881.3 10.86 2 4893.8 7.20 3 868.2 20.0

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 81 1973 P.31

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.189

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 162 1931 P.120

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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