Copper King Group

The Copper King Group is a copper and gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Copper King Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 39.95278, -115.59556

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Copper King Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper King Group


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Bald Mtn (Joy Or Ruby Mtn


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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Raftize, Robert
Years: 1916 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT WORK IN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND TUNNELS HAS BEEN DONE ON SEVERAL CLAIMS

Comment (Geology): ORE IN NEARLY VERTICAL, N STRIKING, 50 FOOT ZONE OF CRUSHED FE STAINED LIMESTONE WITH IRREGULAR POCKETS OF LIMONITE GOLD-COPPER ORE. CU CARBONATES FOUND IN A JASPEROIDAL BRECCIA; PYRITE FOUND IN A DIKE OF ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY.

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.