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United Mining Co. Mine

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043764
MRDS ID M231044
Record type Site
Current site name United Mining Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names Utopian Mine Name From Topo Sheet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59655, 39.07046 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 021E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Granite Contact (Moore, P. 31)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1918, DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF 2 SHAFTS 100 FEET AND 450 FEET DEEP, AND NUMEROUS PITS AND ADITS. A STRONG IRON GOSSAN,UP TO 200 FEET WIDE COPS FOUR FISSURES IN ANDESITE. THE VEINS VARY GREATLY IN WIDTH, WITH THE MAIN ORE BODY AVERAGING FROM 7 TO 12 FEET WIDE. SURFACE DEVELOPMENT WORK SHOWED ACURITE AND MALACHITE WITH SOME COPPER OXIDES AT SURFACE, SUCEEDED AT A SHALLOW DEPTH BY SULFIDE MINERALIZATION. WEED REPORTED THAT THE MINE WAS ABANDED IN 1915, AND THE SHARE HOLDERS GIVEN STOCK IN THE BOSTON AMERICAN MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J.G., GEOL & MIN DEP. LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NW, NBMG BULL 75, 1969.

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, T.D., MIN. RESOURCES DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WOSHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947.

  • Deposit

    WEED, E.H., THE MINES HANDBOOK, 1918

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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