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Copper Blue Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gemstone
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295197
MRDS ID M233477
MAS/MILS ID 0320230652
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Blue Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Blue No. 2, Zabriski Copper Property, Zabrisky, Monarch Star Min, Monarch Property, Arc Nos. 1-28 1986, Monitor Nos. 1-50 1989
Related records 10045686

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.88901, 38.52663 (WGS84)
Elevation 2088
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 045 E 22 C E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.88901, 38.52663
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY REPORT 17, 1968, P. 25,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 30-32 AND FIGURE 9B, NO. 5.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY HISTORICAL FILES NO. 215,

  • Deposit

    ITEM 1 (ZABRISKI COPPER).

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL MRDS RECORDS HAS THIS PROPERTY IN TRIPLICATE: MONARCH RANCH (M233479), COPPER BLUE MINE (M233477), AND ZABRISKIE COPPER PROSPECT (M233481). THIS PROPERTY HAS FIVE ALIGNED SHAFTS, LOCATED ON THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TOPO MAP. THE CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED IN 1986 BY KENNECOTT EXPLORATION AS ARC NOS. 1-28 AND MONITOR NOS. 1-50 BY J.B. DIXON IN 1989. GEMSTONE COMMODITY IS TURQUOISE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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