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Copper Kettle Prospect

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045393
MRDS ID M233106
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Kettle Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16541, 39.92601 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 32 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH AND EAST OF LOVELOCK, 2000m (Large Area Covered-Utm Is To Approximate Center)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buena Vista Hills South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 034E 16,20,21,22,27,28,29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST FLANK OF THE BUENA VISTA IRON DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense;-Epidote, Garnet, Limonite; Oxidation Of Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result 5 SAMPLES RAN 0.025-0.06% CU
Result 0.04-0.22 OZ/TON AG
Result 16-85PPM MO
Result SND A TRACE AU. HIGH-GRADE VEIN MATERIAL RAN 11.76% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Leach Formation (Andesite)
    Rock description Leach Formation (Andesite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16541, 39.92601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Fault, Dipping (30-40deg Se)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault Acted As Channel For Ore-Bearing Solutions

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Copper Kettle District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Congden And Carey, Ltd.
    First year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. Bottomley -Copper Kettle Group.
    First year 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS, DRILLHOLES.

Comments on development

  • 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (COPPER KETTLE GROUP); COBRE & CUPRE GROUPS OF 60 LODE AND 6 PLACER CLAIMS, COVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 1750 ACRES WITHIN WHICH GEOLOGICAL, GEO CHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA INDICATED THE POSSIBILITY OF A LARGE LOW-GRADE COPPER DEPOSIT. EXTENSIVE GEOCHEM SAMPLING, MAGNETIC SURVEYS AND DRILLING WERE DONE IN 1962.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONGDEN & CAREY, LTD, 1963, FINAL REPORT ON THE COPPER KETTLE PROSPECT, CHURCHILL CO., NV; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 4, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H.W., 1917, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE "COPPER KETTLE" GROUP, LOVELOCK, NV; UNPUB. REPT. ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE4, ITEM 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.P. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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