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Brooklyn Mine

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045969
MRDS ID M233871
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.787, 41.77991 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI. W OF OLD CONTACT

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 13,24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED WITHIN BROOKLYN CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Axinite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

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 Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.787, 41.77991
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 73SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Alaskite Dike, Granodiorite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • AXINITE PRESENT AS GANGUE MINERAL THROUGHOUT THE CONTACT ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer Messrs. Warwick, English And 2 Others.

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brooklyn Mining Co.
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • COPPER CONTENT RANGES FROM 3% TO 50% CU, BUT AVERAGE LT 10% CU. TOTAL PRODUCTION $5000 TO $100,000 WORTH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 59.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1901-1904. 6 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

  • 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 OFR 76-779

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M., (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER CONTENT OF ORE RANGES FROM 3% TO 50%, BUT GENERALLY CONTAINS LT10% CU. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 15). FIRST LOCATED AROUND 1890. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1901-1904. MAIN SHAFT IS 196 FT DEEP. PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND JURASSIC GRANODIORITE CONTACT TRENDS N 80-85 E AND DIPS 73 DEG TOWARD GRANODIORITE. FAULTS ARE SUBSEQUENT TO INTRUSION. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 19-22). THIS IS ONE OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE COPPER MINING COMPANY'S CLAIMS. PROPERTY WAS DISCOVERED IN 1889-90 BY MESSRS. WARWICK, ENGLISH AND TWO OTHERS (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102) THE BROOKLYN MINE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS: BROOKLYN LODE MINING SURVEY NO. 1972, BROOKLYN EXTN. LODE MINING SURVEY NO. 1972, BROOKLYN FRACTION LODE MINING CLAIM NO. 1972, VALLEY VIEW SURVEY NO. 1972, KENTUCK LODE SURVEY NO. 4117, LAMONT LODE SURVEY NO. 4118. THE MINE IS LOCATED ON THE "BROOKLYN VEIN", THE MAIN GRANODIORITE-PALEOZOIC ROCK CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit BROOKLYN VEIN; COPPER CONTENT RANGES FROM 3% TO 50% CU.
Deposit Discovery Year: ABOUT 1889-1890

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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