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Copper Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221549
MAS/MILS ID 0320030497
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -114.83912, 35.6978 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 026 S 064 E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -114.83912, 35.6978
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Intermountain Exploration Co.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 23000000mt ore
    Indicated 23000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 46000000mt ore
    Inferred 23000000mt ore
    Total resources 69000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 241.7 g/mt Silver Trace 1977
    Copper Cu 1.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 100000mt ore
    Total resources 100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.1 g/mt Gold Trace 1977
    Silver Ag 42.8 g/mt Silver Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E/MJ 1977 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977, P.205.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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