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Copperside Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103567
MRDS ID M031102
Record type Site
Current site name Copperside Mine
Related records 10221904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54778, 35.82444 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF GOODSPRINGS.

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)

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
024N 057E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED 13.8 - 36.5 % CU, AVERAGE OF 24 % CU
Result 7.7 - 16.5 % FE
Result 4.3 - 19.4 % INSOLUBLE
Result 0 - .18 OZ/TON AU
Result .10 - 1.2 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54778, 35.82444
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusting.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Parallel Fracture Zones

Ore body information

  • Strike NS
    Dip 15 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeability Of The Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TWO MAIN ORE SHOOTS UNDERLIE WELL DEFINED HANGING WALLS. THE ORE FORMED LENSES PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, MADE UP NOW OF OXIDIZED MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. Renaux And O. F. Schwartz
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 112 - 113 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 189 .

  • Production

    HEWETT 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) 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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