USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Chase Mine
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Battle Mountain District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 29 T32N R44E. Copper Structure: Dewitt Thrust Fault Chase Fault Deposit: Near-surface carbonate ore; chalcocite ore in fault zone. Workings consist of an inclined shaft with workings on 130 and 185-ft levels; area is now encompassed by duval's co…
Additional documented workings
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Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 185 ft.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 185 ft.
Mindat
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Level
· length 185 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: chalcocite ore in fault zone. Workings consist of an inclined shaft with workings on 130 and 185-ft levels; area is now encompassed b… -
Shaft
· depth 185 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Deposit: Near-surface carbonate ore; chalcocite ore in fault zone. Workings consist of an inclined shaft with workings on 130 and 185…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Copper
- Chalcocite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- Hornfels
- Monzonite
- Native Copper
View all 10 reported minerals
- Chalcocite
- Copper
- Chalcocite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- Hornfels
- Monzonite
- Native Copper
- Quartz-monzonite
- Sandstone
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 60158
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (8)
- underground workings
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