Copper King #1 Prospect

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047282
MRDS ID M242559
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King #1 Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.50463, 40.83905 (WGS84)
Elevation 1631

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Sawmill Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 022E 16,17 NW OF NW OF NW (16); NE OF NE OF NE (17) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2407 OF GRANODIORITE WITH CU OXIDES CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.1% TI, 500 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 3000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CO, 15000 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.50463, 40.83905

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures; Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deephole District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Chapel And D. Stultz
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • MAY HAVE BEEN A SHORT ADIT, NOW CAVED; CAT ROAD UP SIDE OF MOUNTAIN

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY RESTAKED IN MARCH 1981 BY E. CHAPEL AND D. STULTZ.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 7-8-84.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL (50FT X 200+FT) PENDANT OF SCHISTOSE HORNFELS ENGULFED BY GRANODIORITE. ABUNDANT CU OXIDES ALONG FRACTURES IN BOTH ROCK TYPES. MINOR ALTERATION ALONG HORNFELS/GRANODIORITE CONTACT-MAINLY BLEACHING. OPEN CUT ABOVE ROAD CUT SHOWS PLENTIFUL COPPER OXIDES. MOST OF THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE IN THE GRANODIORITE ALONG CONTACT, AND MOST OFIT SEEMS TO BE ALONG THE NORTH CONTACT ZONE. ALSO WHITE PE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL LYING AROUND ON SURFACE-NONE APPARENT IN PLACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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