The Allen No. 2 is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Allen No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Allen No. 2
Secondary: Delano
Secondary: No. 1
Secondary: Part of Nevada-Bellevue
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada-Bellevue Copper Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
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
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock And Assoc. Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CAPPED BY GOSSAN
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS ONE OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE COPPER MINING CO. CLAIMS THE ALLEN CLAIM YIELDED 8 CARS OF ORC. A 10-FOOT TUNNEL IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE ALLEN NO. 2 CLAIM SHOWS CARBONATE ORE CONTAINING 8% CU. THERE IS A 40-FOOT TUNNEL AND OTHER MINOR WORKINGS. THE MINERALIZED ZONE IS ALONG THE GRANODIORITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT, WHICH IS CAPPED WITH A GOSSAN. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 24-5) MINERAL SURVEY NO 3854
Comment (Geology): VEIN DIPS 60 TO THE SSE., EXTENSION OF BROOKLYN CONTACT OR "VEIN"
Comment (Workings): 40-FT. TUNNEL AND OTHER MINOR WORKINGS
Comment (Production): AT LEAST 4 CARLOADS OF ORE PRODUCED. SOME CARBONATE ORE RAN 8% CU
Comment (Development): PATENTED LODE CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, IGNEOUS CONTACT, FAULTS; CAPPED BY A GOSSAN
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.
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. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (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.
