The Copper King Mine is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,351 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,351 Feet (1,631 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.61694, -117.02722
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1936
Discovery Year: 1936
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Folding, Copper King Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Hydrotherman; Argillic
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1936 TO 1954. WORKINGS INCLUDE A 590-FT ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND SHALLOW PITS. WORKINGS EXTEND ALONG STRIKE OF BEDS OR PARALLEL THE COPPER KING FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 1/3 MILE NE OF CARISSA MINE
Comment (Production): 1936-1954 TOTAL, 7045 TONS ORE WHICH AVERAGED 0.281 OZ/TON AU; 3.21 OZ/TON AG, 2.64% CU, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $117,331
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1936 TO 1954
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT ZONES IN FAVORABLE BEDS
Comment (Workings): ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, PITS
Comment (Geology): SHALEY AND MEY BEDS ARE LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS AND CALC-HORNFELS, AND SUBSEQUENT HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO LIGHT CLAYEY ROCKS. GOLD VALUES RUN HIGH IN SHALED BEDS, WHILE COPPER RUNS HIGHER IN CALCAREOUS BEDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNITES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
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.
