The Bricker Mine is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,080 feet.
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
Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.68472, -114.64472
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Bricker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bricker Mine
Secondary: Zetta Blanchard Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: 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: Occurrence
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 & Assoc. Faults/Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): (MINERALOGIC DATA INFERRED FROM CLOSE PROXIMITY TO BLANCHARD MINE. SEE BLANCHARD MINE). WITHIN OLD ZETH BLANCHARD CLAIM GROUP. DARK BIOTITE-GRANITE GNEISS ON DUMP BANDS OF BIOTITE & PALE BLUE-GREEN & PINK FELDSPARE, SOME QTZ-FELDSPARE VEINING. NO SIGN OF CU MINERAL, LIMESTONE OR CONTACT MINERALS(?). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
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.
