Mine detail: Coppereid Mine

Previously called 'Nevada United ClaimsCopperreidIron ProspectTwin TunnelsCopper Butte'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.8482, -118.18377

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Tin, Iron, Lead, Zinc
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1869

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1893

Geology

References

MAS320010159
DEP10124974
Reference{Deposit:: GAGE, H.L., THE PB-ZN MINES OF NEV., 1941, BONNEVVLLE POWER}{Deposit:: ADMIN., CONFID. RPT., PP. 18-19.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF}{Deposit:: NEV., 1923.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN}{Deposit:: CHURCHILL. CO., NEV., 1940, US BU MINES I.C. 7093, P. 53.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS}{Deposit:: OF CHURCHILL CC., NE., 1974, US BU MINES BULL. 83, P. 88.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., NOTES O SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT}{Deposit:: CO., NEV., 1909, USGS BULL. 414, P. 56-61.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE WESTERN US, 1912,}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 507, P. 200.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND}{Deposit:: GEOL. BULLETIN 93, P. 68.}{Deposit:: SHAWE, F.R., AND OTHERS, 1962, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA:}{Deposit:: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 53C, P. 121-123.}
ReporterRidenour, James