The Chinaman Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.70694, -114.75667
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Chinaman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chinaman Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1876
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: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1927 (SCHRADER, 1935, P 37.) DEPOSIT LOCATED IN 1876 BY AN OFFICIAL OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. THIS MINE IS LOCATED ON THE SKYLARK CLAIM NO. 1, ONE OF A GROUP OF SIX (CHINAMAN) CLAIMS. CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1895 BY W.T. MCARDLE. (THE COPPER MT. CLAIM NO. 1 AT THE LOWER (ELEVATION) END OF THE GROUP HAS A 50 FT. TUNNEL.) THE CHINAMAN MINE IS LOCATED ON THE LIMESTONE SIDE OF THE CONTACT. THE ORE IS CONTAINED IN A LODE OR MINERALIZED BAND ABOUT 22 FT. IN WIDTH. ABOUT 80 TONS OF 14% ORE REMAINING FROM A HEAP OF WHICH A TEST WAS MADE AT THE CONTACT SMELTER, LIES ON THE DUMP (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102 + 136). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ABOUT 80 TONS OF 14% CU ORE REMAINING FROM A TEST HEAP. (1912)
Comment (Deposit): LODE OR MINERALIZED BAND
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 50 FT. LONG.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ SYENITE PORPHYRY DIKES (APLITICPHASE) ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPOSITS.
Comment (Development): MINE IS ON ONE OF 6 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1895 BY W.T. MCARDLE
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 RECOMM. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912), (1935)
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.
