The Copper King #1 Prospect is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.83917, -119.50361
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Copper King #1 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King #1 Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2407
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Deephole 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: E. Chapel And D. Stultz
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2407 OF GRANODIORITE WITH CU OXIDES CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.1% TI, 500 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 3000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CO, 15000 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): MAY HAVE BEEN A SHORT ADIT, NOW CAVED; CAT ROAD UP SIDE OF MOUNTAIN
Comment (Deposit): SMALL (50FT X 200+FT) PENDANT OF SCHISTOSE HORNFELS ENGULFED BY GRANODIORITE. ABUNDANT CU OXIDES ALONG FRACTURES IN BOTH ROCK TYPES. MINOR ALTERATION ALONG HORNFELS/GRANODIORITE CONTACT-MAINLY BLEACHING. OPEN CUT ABOVE ROAD CUT SHOWS PLENTIFUL COPPER OXIDES. MOST OF THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE IN THE GRANODIORITE ALONG CONTACT, AND MOST OFIT SEEMS TO BE ALONG THE NORTH CONTACT ZONE. ALSO WHITE PE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL LYING AROUND ON SURFACE-NONE APPARENT IN PLACE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): PROPERTY RESTAKED IN MARCH 1981 BY E. CHAPEL AND D. STULTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 7-8-84.
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.
