All Canadian Copper Claims

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046742
MRDS ID M241946
Record type Site
Current site name All Canadian Copper Claims
Alternate or previous names Mount Jackson Lida Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39674, 37.48439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 MILES S OF GOLDFIELD, 1000 M To Area Of Prospect

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lida(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(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 041E 23,24,26,27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE BASIN BETWEEN MT. JACKSON AND MT. PALMETTO. 76 CLAIMS "3 MILES OF GOOD GRAVEL ROAD CONNECTS THE CLAIMS FROM LIDA ROAD IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 ASSAYS SHOW 1.65% AND 2.46% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39674, 37.48439

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lida (Alida Valley, Tule Canyon) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner All-Canadian Copper, Charles Gorecki, President
    First year 1970

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 907000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLING PROPOSED IN 1970 TO PROVE UP THIS TONNAGE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS (ONE TO 275 FT. DEPTH)

Comments on development

  • ALL-CANADIAN COPPER ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DRILL THEIR 76 CLAIMS TO PROVE UP A COPPER ORE BODY IN 1970. PLANS WERE TO CORE DRILL TO 500 FT DEPTHS ON 2000 FT CENTERS. EXPLORED BY CONOCO, 1975-1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, FEB. 1970, "CANADIAN FIRM TO EXPLORE NEVADA'S ESMERALDA COPPER FIND FOR VALUES."

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALIFORNIA MINING JOURNAL, FEB., 1970, P 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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