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Copper King 1 To 12 Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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 10045301
MRDS ID M233001
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King 1 To 12 Mine
Alternate or previous names Eastside Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32956, 38.09021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basalt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
003N 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, Breccialayers

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Not In Named Mining District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hiser, Andy Drumm;
    Home office Fallon, Nevada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE OR FOUR 1-TO 4-FT THICK, COPPER STAINED QUARTZ VEINS AND BRECCIA LAYERS OVER A 100-FR WIDTH; VEINS AND BRECCIA LAYERS PARALLEL BEDDING IN CHERT, LIMYSANDSTONE, AND LIMESTONE OF ORDOVICIAN AGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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