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Copper King Group

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037260
MRDS ID M031222
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Group
Related records 10222925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.59645, 39.9527 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE JOY CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bald Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.59645, 39.9527
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN NEARLY VERTICAL, N STRIKING, 50 FOOT ZONE OF CRUSHED FE STAINED LIMESTONE WITH IRREGULAR POCKETS OF LIMONITE GOLD-COPPER ORE. CU CARBONATES FOUND IN A JASPEROIDAL BRECCIA; PYRITE FOUND IN A DIKE OF ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Raftize, Robert
    First year 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK IN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS HAS BEEN DONE ON SEVERAL CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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