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Copper King 2

Past Producer in Elko 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045641
MRDS ID M233426
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King 2
Alternate or previous names Delano Group, Bellevue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.78756, 41.77852 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 1324 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • A LITTLE NW OF OLD CONTACCT, NEVADA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.78756, 41.77852
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fixtures

Ore body information

  • Dip 50-70S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Veins, Dikes, Faults, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SPORADIC MINERALIZATION SEEMS TO BE A REPLACEMENT OF THE GLASSY QUARTZ BY SILICEOUS RED-BROWN HEMATITE, ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS (SCHRADER, 1912, P122)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C.(1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR76-779.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) ARECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE COPPER MINING COMPANY'S CLAIMS. ALASKITE DIKES CUT THE GRANODIORITE. THE MAIN VEIN IS ABOUT 6 FEET WIDE AND DIPS 50 DEG S., AND CONSISTS LARGELY OF COPPER OXIDES AND CARBONATES IN A QUARTZ GANGUE (SCHRADER, 1935, P25). THE TWO VEINS ON THIS PROPERTY, ABOUT 150 FEET APART AND PARALLEL,ARE REGARDED AS WESTERN EXTENSIONS OF THE PALO ALTO AND BLUE BIRD VEINS. THE PALO ALTO VEIN DIPS ABOUT 70 DEG S, IS ABOUT 1-3 FEET WIDE, AND CONTAINS 5% CU. WITH SOME "KIDNEYS" AS RICH AS 60% CU (SCHRADER, 1912, P 122).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1988 Weimer, Becky S. U.S. Geological Survey

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