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Copperside Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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.
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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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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Large Scale Overthrusting.
Local 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

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

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031102

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