The Copper King 2 is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper King 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King 2
Secondary: Delano Group
Secondary: Bellevue
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fixtures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Location): A LITTLE NW OF OLD CONTACCT, NEVADA
Comment (Geology): 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)
Comment (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).
References
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR76-779.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) ARECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
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.
