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Nevada · Lander County

Copper Canyon Skarn Deposits

Unconfirmed Gold 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
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Fortitude, Copper Canyon Mine (underground), West Orebody, East Orebody, Tomboy-Minnie deposits

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Source classification: Underground operation documented

Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.

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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.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Newmont Mining Corp. · Historical operator · 2004

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Actinolite
  • Biotite
  • Calcite
  • Chlorite
  • Diopside
  • Epidote
  • Feldspar
  • Garnet
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  • Actinolite
  • Biotite
  • Calcite
  • Chlorite
  • Diopside
  • Epidote
  • Feldspar
  • Garnet
  • Pyroxene
  • Sphene
  • Tremolite
  • Andradite
  • Argentite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Bismuthinite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Electrum
  • Galena
  • Gold
  • Hedleyite
  • Hessite
  • Marcasite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Sphalerite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

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