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Copper King Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044422
MRDS ID M231838
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.584, 38.91686 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Relative position 2.3 MILES SOUTH OF IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 039E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result 10 % CU ALONG THE VEIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Pablo Formation
    Rock description Pablo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.584, 38.91686
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dominant Fault Strikes Ne, Dips Se, Along A Bedding Plane With Several Inches Of Gouge.

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along East-West Shear Zones. Shear Zones Are A Few Feet Wide.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Harold P. Newman Of Ione

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. And M Mining Co.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Newman, H. C.
    Home office Fallon
    First year 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 45 FT INCLINE SHAFT, AN 120 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • RELOCATION OF AN OLDER PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 198-199

  • Deposit

    SILBERLING, N.J., 1959, PRE-TERT. STRAT. AND UPPER TRIASSIC PALES. OF THE UNION DISTRICT: USGS PP 322, PLATE 10.

  • Deposit

    BAKER, ART III, 1966, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COPPER KING PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 258, ITEM 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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