The Storm King Claim is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Storm King Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Storm King Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co.
Owner Name: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Silication
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE SORTM KING LODE CLAIM LIES N AND ADJACENT TO THE WEBFOOT CLAIM, AND W OF THE KEY LODE CLAIM. THE PORTAL OF THE WEBFOOT TUNNEL IS ON THIS CLAIM. DURING 1916 AND 1917 LEASERS WORKED THE PROPERTY. THE COPPER ARE OCCURS ON THE CONTACT OF A PORPHYRY DIKE AND LIMESTONE AFTER THIS ACTUALLY THE PROPERTY WAS AGAIN CONTROLLED BY THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): N & ADJACENT OF THE WEB FOOT CLAIM
Comment (Development): LESSEES WORKED THE PROPERTY IN 1916 & 1917
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT-VEIN ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT-COPPER CARBONATES PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74
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.
