Ideal Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045468
MRDS ID M233215
Record type Site
Current site name Ideal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11539, 38.50659 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. E OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION ESTIMATED; 1:2400 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1979 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11539, 38.50659

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARS OF LOW-GRADE ORE SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 102.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • 335-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, AND AT LEAST 2 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; UNIV. CALIF. DEPT. GEOL., SCI. BULL. V. 14, NO. 1

  • Production

    CLARK, 1922, P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER SULFIDES AND CARBONATES IN SILICATE ZONE ALONG GRANITIC CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE
Deposit HIGH GRADE ORE WAS NOT ENCOUNTERED ANYWHERE IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES, BUT BY CAREFUL SORTING SEVERAL CARS OF PAY WERE SHIPPED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.