Other Nevada Copper Districts
Other Nevada Copper Districts
While no other areas in Nevada produced as much copper as the four highlighted districts above, a number were well-known copper camps. The Santa Fe District in Mineral County near Luning produced almost 9 million pounds of copper between 1906 and 1920. The Yellow Pine District in Clark County principally mined zinc, but it also produced copper, lead, gold and silver. From 1902 to 1921, it earned $19,999,424.
Many of these other copper districts are mining gold today. In addition, many precious metal mines produced copper as a by-product. Among the more noteworthy of these districts are the Buffalo Valley, Bullion, Hilltop, and Lewis in Lander County. Lander County is noted as well for its turquoise deposits; turquoise is a copper mineral. Copper was an important by-product in the gold mines of Goldfield, in Esmeralda County. While a minor component in relation to the precious metals, copper was found in the Comstock District. The Peavine District near Reno in Washoe County produced copper as well as silver and gold. The Bristol and Pioche districts in Lincoln County were known for beautiful malachite. Copper was not restricted to Mountain City in Elko County--the Dolly Varden and Contact districts produced copper, as well as the Victoria Mine in southeast Elko County. White Pine County's copper production was not confined to the Ely area, but the Robinson District's tremendous tonnage statistically overwhelms all the other copper deposits in the county. Copper ore was mined at Majuba Hill in Pershing County, along with the Antelope and Tobin and Sonoma Range districts.
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