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Cuprite from
Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cuprite
Formula:Cu2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cuprite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:283646
Long-form Identifier:1:3:283646:1
GUID (UUID V4):f3c68b10-c281-40b8-b388-cb51ac23d095
Nearest other occurrences of Cuprite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Western Lock mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.8km (2.3 miles) Copper Canyon Camp, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) Battle Mountain Copper Basin, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) Copper Queen No. 4 mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.5km (6.5 miles) Sweet Marie mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) Carissa pit, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) Surprize Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) Gracie Mine (Elder Creek Mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
32.9km (20.5 miles) Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 459-B...the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS and D. C. ARNOLD GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL Summary of base- SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...and precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...__________ Cambrian System_______________________ Scott Canyon Formation_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ordovician System
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk...Chalk Mountain mine: calcite, cerussite, chlorargyrite, descloizite, galena, hemimorphite, leadhillite,
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...of metallization 23 Silver-lead deposits 2 25 2 Copper deposits 26 Deposits of the early Tertiary ( ?)...of the ore deposits 2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility...filling 3 42 CONTENTS. Mining districts—Continued. Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal.—Continued. Ore deposits—Continued
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
Geochemistry of the Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL...Geochemistry of the Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G....GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...stratigraphic features of the mining district Geology of the Copper Canyon area ................................................................. Scott Canyon Formation.....................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
section on Periods of Plutonism in North-Central Nevada MILES L. SILBERMAN AND EDWIN H. MCKEE Abstract...significant production in only one district, Battle Mountain (Copper Canyonand CopperBasin), where cal...arsenopyrite,sphalerite, and galena was mined as copper-gold ore. Base-metal replacement deposits occurat...occurat Eur4ka (silver-gold-leadzinc) and Copper Canyon (copper-goldand zinc-lead-silver). Peripheral gold-silver...gold-silver depositsoccur at Eureka and Copper Canyon. Disseminatedgold depositssuchas Carlin, Cortez,
Report (issue)
Associated Skarns, Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposits, Lander County, Nevada GE0 L0 GICAL SU RVEY...Associated Skarns, Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposits, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE and...GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...____ ____ __ ______ General geology of the Copper Canyon deposits ______________ Geology of the west...sampling-----------------------------Geographic variations of copper, gold, silver, and some other metals _________
Report (issue)
wu OUTLINE OF NEVADA MINING HISTORY— Joseph V: Tingley a RobertC.Horton _ Francis C. Lincoln 3 . ...Publication of this new edition of “Outline of Nevada Mining History” was made — possible with the assistance...eh aa nearly 48 million acres of public land in Nevada. Most of the minerals, _ _ geothermal energy, and...ahij 4 = Wh A a ‘ a a y 4 Pte Es in Nevada comes from publicland. First edition, first printing...Leshendok, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Eric Moody, Nevada Historical Society é Jon Price, National Research
Report (volume)
sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn districts...zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of pyroxene...three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly...skarns 22 Graphs showing gold grade compared with copper grade and silver grade 23 Contents Ill TABLES
Report (issue)
Coppermolybdenum mineralization at Mineral Park, Mojsve County, Arizona, in Ridge. J. D., Ore deposits of the...Volume), v. 2: New York, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, p. 1256-1281...mineralization in the Gold BasinLost Basin mining districts, Mojave County, Arizona: Geological Society of America...Economic Geology, v. 67, p. 664-878. Globe-Miami district 33°20» x 110°45' Porphyry Cu K-Ar 63.340.5...Intrusion and deposition of porphyry copper ores, Globe-Miami district. Arizona: Economic Geology, v. 75
Report (issue)
RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA By Roscoe M. Smith Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Bureau of Mines...Acknowledgment -Mining districts Commodities Production Descriptions of mining districts . Alder district-Aura district...district -Beaver district Black Mountain district Bootstrap district Burner district Burns Basin district--...-Carlin district Cave Creek district ----Charleston district_--Coal Mine district~ Contact district Cornucopia...Cornucopia district - -Corral Creek district - Decoy district Delano district Delker districtDivide district
Report (volume)
....................................... 102 District of Columbia ............................................................................ 187 Nevada..................................................to refer to Geological Survey Bulletin 507, "The mining districts of the western United States," and to...abundant it may have been completely exhausted by mining or quarrying. Deposits of minerals that are widely...especial interest or value. Some minerals, such as the copper ores of Pennsylvania, are included in the list
Report (issue)
Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PA...MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA FRONTISPIECE. Buckingham area. Group...Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, DAVID W. BlAKE, THOMAS... JOHNSON and a section on SUPERGENE COPPER DEPOSITS AT COPPER BASIN By DAVID W. BLAKE and a section...GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA U.S. GEOLOGICAL
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Journal (issue)
Wilson Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona 283 by W. J. Thomas and R. B. Gibbs...R. A. Bideaux Famous mineral localities: the Ray mine ..................................................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University...with the Friends of Mineralogy COVER: COPPER from the Ray mine, Arizona. The specimen is 3 inches wide...was the winner of the Best Copper Cabinet Specimen and Best Arizona Copper at the 1977 Tucson Show. Evan
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book (volume)
Most specimen collecting is done in the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods
Book
stumble over a valuable nugget and stake your own mining claim? Indeed it to is, and author book Jay...prospecting, he points out, is in abandoned mining districts, where valuable mineral ores are present...commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...RANSOM 1875-1948 An to the Eastern '‘Schoolmarm” Mining Camps of the Old West I I a s I \ h K... CONTENTS Preface ix PART I 1 Introduction to Mining and Mineralogy 2 Preparation for Mineral Collecting
Report (issue)
metals. 3. Various metalliferous deposits (mostly copper, zinc, lead, iron, gold, and molybdenum) that contain...commonly contain some copper and zinc sulfides), metalliferous' deposits (including copper, zinc, lead, iron...decide whether a certain metalliferous deposit or district should be included or not. The problem was also...sulfur are available as potential byproducts from copper, lead, and zinc deposits, coal, industrial and...other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United States and
Report (volume)
Director ' Bulletin 648 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT...Clark County.......................................................'.. Gold Butte mining district.................... Lincoln mine........................................ Bennett mine.........................gneiss............................. Gold Butte Mining Co................................. New Era group...prospects...................................... Elko County...............................................
Report (volume)
Railroad Valley-Grant Range region, eastcentral Nevada, from interpretation of potential-field anomalies...character of hydrothermal fluids in the Catheart Mountain Cu-Mo deposit, Maine By Robert A. Ayuso and Nora................. Structure and origin of the Ely copper deposit, east-central Vermont By Terry W. Offield...geology and mineral deposits of the Berenguela district, northwestern Bolivia By Alan R. Wallace, Richard...of fluid inclusions in vein quartz from Battle Mountain, Nevada By Edwin H. McKee, James E. Conrad, Brent
Journal (issue)
Charley Bishop of Atolia, Monk Miljan of Red Mountain, "Buffalo Bull" Maxwell of Johannesburg, Ed Kirkland...the Encampment. John D. Henderson, Los Angeles County Librarian presided at an Author's breakfast held...place. Sunrise services were held in Desolation Canyon. A gem and mineral exhibit was arranged by Jim...California to camp in Box Canyon and hike to Hidden Springs and Grotton Canyon. Jan. 4—Don's Trek to Pima...18—Bandolleros of Yuma. Arizona, to visit Palm Canyon in Kofa Mountains. Jan. 20-22 — American Society
Journal (issue)
2017 CALCITE & ARAGONITE CaCO3, 5.3cm, Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province...offering Lapidary & Silver Smith classes at North Mountain Visitor Center, details in back of RR. • Joanne...AZURITE, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection...AZURITE, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection...MALACHITE, Cu2CO3(OH)2, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA; Mineralogical Society of Arizona Collection
 
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