Arkansas Claim

The Arkansas Claim is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Arkansas Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 41.77806, -114.78250

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Arkansas Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Arkansas Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Nevada Bellevue Copper Mining Co.
Years: 1935 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
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

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite


Comments

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, ASSOC. WITH INTRUSIVE CONTACT, FAULTS, FRACTURES

Comment (Deposit): THIS CLAIM IS ONE BELONGING TO THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE COPPER MINING CO. REFER TO SCHRADER'S (1912 AND 1935) CLAIM MAPS. THIS CLAIM IS ALSO ONE BELONGING TO THE DELANO MINE GROUP. POSSIBLY ON SAME "VEIN" AS THE EMPIRE MINE, NO WORKINGS SHOWN ON QUAD. MAP(?) MINERAL SURVEY 3854 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

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

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

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


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.