Mine detail: Mcarthur Copper Mine

Previously called 'Mcarthur Copper Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.04711, -119.23988

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold, Lead, Silver
Other material: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

References

MAS320190023
DEP10173654
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ReporterRidenour, James