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Copper Chief

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067837
MRDS ID W000699
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Chief
Related records 10270007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54917, 35.82167 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Heterogenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bullion Formation
    Rock description Bullion Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54917, 35.82167
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HETEROGENITE EXISTS IN MOST OF THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT EITHER AS BLACK MAMILLARY CRUSTS OR AS SPOTS OR DENDRITES REPLACING DOLOMITE, IN AN ENVELOPE DISSEMINATED IN DOLOMITE AROUND OXIDIZED COPPER DEPOSITS....ORE IS LOW GRADE EXCEPT FOR SCATTERED RICH POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years UNKNOWN

Comments on the production information

  • SOME HIGH-GRADE CO ORE HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN SHIPPED FROM THE COPPER CHIEF DEPOSIT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES INSIGNIFICANT; PROBABLY 200 TONS AVERAGING 2.0+CO COULD BE RECOVERED FROM EXISTING OPERATIONS IF AN INVENTORY OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT WERE MADE, IT MIGHT SHOW A RATHER LARGE TONNAGE OF LOW-GRADE ORE(0.3-0.5% CO)SCATTERED IN A NUMBER OF SMALL DEPOSITS. IN SOME AREAS WHERE STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OTHER CU-CO BODIES MAY BE DISCOVERED AT DEPTH. MOST KNOWN LENSES ARE IN SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BILBREY, J.H., JR., 1962, US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8103, P. 29

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., 1931, USGS PROF. PAPER 162, 172 P.

  • Production

    REFERENCE(1)

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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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