The Copper Deposits of Copper Kettle Canyon is a copper mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Deposits of Copper Kettle Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Deposits of Copper Kettle Canyon
Secondary: Copper Kettle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Copper Kettle (C.K.) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Welsh And Green
Years: 1917 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Igneous Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Development): SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ABOUT 30% CU ORE WERE SHIPPED FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS ON A LARGE GROUP OF CLAIMS IN 1917; AND IN 1929, 11 TONS WAS SHIPPED FROM THE COPPER KETTLE MINE
Comment (Location): SEVERAL MILES UP THE CANYON (CADASTRAL IS FROM MILS) (EXACT LOCATION UNSURE) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.B.M. I.C.-7093
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979, USBM
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.
