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Type: Historical mine record
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- development status
- commodities
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Nevada · Lander County
Copper Basin Open Pit Mine Area
Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Battle Mountain District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Copper Basin property, Copper King Mine, Sweet Marie Mine, Widow Mine, Contention Mine, Carissa Mine
- Copper Queen Mine, part of the current ICBM
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Newmont Mining Corp. · Historical operator · 2006
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Arsenopyrite
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Marcasite
- Pyrite
- Pyrrhotite
- Tremolite
- Azurite
View all 18 reported minerals
- Arsenopyrite
- Epidote
- Garnet
- Marcasite
- Pyrite
- Pyrrhotite
- Tremolite
- Azurite
- Bismuthinite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Gold
- Malachite
- Molybdenite
- Silver
- Sphalerite
- Turquoise
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
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