Copper Hill Claims

Occurrence in Clark 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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047001
MRDS ID M242240
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4164, 35.64167 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

State Line Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump 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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 26S;26S 59;58E 31;36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Caliche Gangue
Jarosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Silicification, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Goodsprings;Sultan
    Rock description Goodsprings;Sultan

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.4164, 35.64167

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bedding Plane Faults.

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1974

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Parson, Tom

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHALLOW PARTIALLY CAVED ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 8 FEB 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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