USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Copper Head Property
Mindat Confirmed Copper Underground 1 mapped adit
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- NBMG Sample Site 498
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Deposit: Molybdenite (in flakes up to 1 cm diameter), pyrite and chalcopyrite occur in a flat-lying zone of quartz veinlets near the portal of an adit. Oxidized vein matter contains limonite and oxide copper minerals. Quartz veins are 1-5 cm wide; the …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat -
Portal
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
- Adit : Goldrun Creek , 1965
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: meter), pyrite and chalcopyrite occur in a flat-lying zone of quartz veinlets near the portal of an adit. Oxidized vein matter contai… -
Portal
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: p to 1 cm diameter), pyrite and chalcopyrite occur in a flat-lying zone of quartz veinlets near the portal of an adit. Oxidized vein…
- 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: Occurrence
Operators / organizations
- W. A. Emmet, Gold Beach, Or · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Molybdenite
- Andesite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
View all 15 reported minerals
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Chalcopyrite
- Molybdenite
- Andesite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Molybdenum
- commodity:Silver
- Diorite
- Limonite
- Molybdenite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 429659
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
- underground workings
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