The Copper King Group is a copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,480 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,480 Feet (2,280 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.91694, -117.58306
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Copper King Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Newman, H. C.
Home Office: Fallon
Years: 1973 -
Owner Name: N. And M Mining Co.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Dominant Fault Strikes Ne, Dips Se, Along A Bedding Plane With Several Inches Of Gouge.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 % CU ALONG THE VEIN
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): RELOCATION OF AN OLDER PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 45 FT INCLINE SHAFT, AN 120 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 198-199
Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING, N.J., 1959, PRE-TERT. STRAT. AND UPPER TRIASSIC PALES. OF THE UNION DISTRICT: USGS PP 322, PLATE 10.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, ART III, 1966, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COPPER KING PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 258, ITEM 2.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
