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Cuprite Copper Deposits

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046813
MRDS ID M242025
Record type Site
Current site name Cuprite Copper Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2273, 37.50745 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 042E 13,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE MAIN COPPER-SILVER-LEAD-GOLD DEPOSITS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON THE SE SIDE OF THE CUPRITE HILLS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mule Spring Limestone;Emigrant Formation
    Rock description Mule Spring Limestone;Emigrant Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 80-85 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, PROSPECT HOLES

Comments on development

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER ORE AND PB-AG ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    BALL, 1905, USGS BULL 285, P. 59-60.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.; RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 69-71.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPORADIC MASSES IN LIMESTONE, SEAMS ALONG JOINTS, LENTICULAR BODIES ALONG SHEAR ZONES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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