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Copper Hill

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037399
MRDS ID M035016
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.63068, 38.83324 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Relative position CENTRAL AGAI PAH HILLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillis Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 030E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SE CORNER OF SECTION 7

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Sulfur Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS, SHAFTS, AND PROSPECT PITS ON THE ZONE EXPOSE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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