Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit

Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit is a past producer of copper, gold, silver, lead in Lander County, Nevada, in USGS's medium output class. USGS records production from 1870 to 2006. It is one of 543 historic gold producers USGS lists in Lander County, and number 9 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Past producer
Output class
medium (USGS class)
Commodities
Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Deposit type
{53: Porphyry Cu}{59: Skarn Cu}
Production years
1870 to 2006
Discovered
1866
County
Lander County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Private land or land not mapped as public
USGS record
10310307

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

Land status comes from the BLM Surface Management Agency dataset and can be out of date. Check ownership before you go near any mine site.

Gold sites nearby

222 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Lander County page lists the biggest.