The Delker Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Delker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Delker Mine
Secondary: Copper Belt
Secondary: Delkar Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Delker
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: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures With Veins In Intrusive Dip 80 Nw Strike N 35 E
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification-Jasperoidal Rock
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IGNEOUS CONTACT, VEIN
Comment (Workings): 50-FT INCLINE SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): THE DELKER DISTRICT, LOCATED ON THE NW SIDE OF DELKER HILL (WEST BUTTE) (FRANKLIN BUTTES), WAS DISCOVERED IN 1894, AFTER YEARS OF ANNUAL PROSPECTING THE DELKER MINE BEGAN SHIPPING COPPER ORE IN 1916 AND 1917, WITH CORRIE THE SHIPPING POINT ON THE NEVADA NORTHERN RAILROAD 25 MILE TO THE SE. A 50 FT INCLINE SHAFT IS SUNK ON THE CONTACT OF THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND LIMESTONES AND INTERBEDDED QUARTZITES. LIME SILICATES ARE DEVELOPED IN PLACES ON THE CONTACT WITH COPPER CARBONATES ORES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. OTHER COPPER MINERALS PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): AFTER YEARS OF PROSPECTING, THE DELKER MINE BEGAN SHIPPING COPPER ORE IN 1916 AND 1917 WITH CURRIE THE SHIPPING POINT, ON THE NEVADA NORTHERN RAILROAD 25 MILES TO THE SE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648, 1916
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS VOL. 115 SEPTEMBER 29, 1917, P 481
Reference (Production): HILL, J.M., (1916) P. 66-67
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.
