Copperside Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221904
MRDS ID M031102
MAS/MILS ID 0320030121
Record type Site
Current site name Copperside Mine
Related records 10103567

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.54944, 35.825 (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

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
Mount Diablo 024 S 057 E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.54944, 35.825

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR MINES BULL 81 1973 P.30

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.189

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 162 1931 P.112-113.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.