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Copper Chief Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270007
MRDS ID W000699
MAS/MILS ID 0320030126
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Chief Mine
Related records 10067837

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.55084, 35.8214 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
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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 35 SENWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.55084, 35.8214
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Comments on the geologic information

  • IRREGULARLY MINERALIZED FRACTURES IN BULLION DOLOMITE MEMBER STAINERITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA ARE COMMON. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH SILICEOUS LIMONITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA. DURING 1921 R. MUNZBERG AND H. HARDY MINED OR SORTED FROM THE DUMP THREE LOTS OF ORE, WHICH, WHEN SOLD YIELDED THE RETURNS GIVEN BELOW: LOT WEIGHT COBALT OXIDE ( KGS ) ( PERCENT ) 1 5881.3 10.86 2 4893.8 7.20 3 868.2 20.0

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0320030126
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W000699 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 81 1973 P.31

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MINES BULL 62 1965 P.189

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 162 1931 P.120

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines