Tri-Metallic Mining Company Property, Cuprite Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Tri-Metallic Mining Company Property | Claim |
Cuprite Mining District | Mining District |
Esmeralda County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 30' 42'' North , 117° 13' 17'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Goldfield | 268 (2011) | 21.9km |
Silver Peak | 107 (2011) | 45.3km |
Structure: Minor Faults
Alteration: Secondary Enrichment, Brecciation
Deposit: Irregular pockets, lenses, bunches, seams; one lens measured 9 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft. 1900 lb ore was removed from one such mass
Rock formation(s): Mule Spring Limestone, Emigrant
Ore(s): Fractures, Shears, Joints
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Copper Formula: Cu Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β 'Limonite' Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Reference: U.S. Geological Survey (2005) Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Limonite' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcocite | Cu2S |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | β Copper | Cu |
Cu | β Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
References
Sort by
Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)BALL, S.H., (1906), USGS BULL 285 P. 59-60
BALL, S.H., (1907), USGS BULL 308, P. 69-71
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046814 |
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