Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Equatorial Copper Mine, Tonopah Copper Mine, Cyprus Tonopah, Chicago Group, Treasure Hill Group, Nevada Moly Project, Hall Copper, San Antonio Mine, Anaconda-Nevada Moly Prospect, Hall-Hand Property, Liberty Mine, Hall M
Mine Location
Approximate Area
Approximate Mine Area
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Documented underground workings
Source classification: Underground operation documented
Specific physical workings are not yet documented in discrete records.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
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- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
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MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground, Surface · work_type
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MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Operators / organizations
- Cyprus Tonopah Mining Corp. · Historical operator · 1996
- Anaconda Copper Co., Tom Parker, Project Manager · Historical operator
- Equatorial Mining North America, Inc. · Historical operator · 2004
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Azurite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
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- Chalcopyrite
- Limonite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sericite
- Azurite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Ferrimolybdite
- Galena
- Ilsemannite
- Malachite
- Molybdenite
- Powellite
- Pyrrhotite
- Sphalerite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Sources & evidence
USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (3)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Dataset information
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