Wallstreet and Turk Mines

The Wallstreet and Turk Mines is a copper mine located in Mineral 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

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Site Name

Primary: Wallstreet and Turk Mines
Secondary: American Copper Co.

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Wallstreet Copper Co.
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chrysocolla

Comments

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS AND 428-FOOT SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): MINES ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A LARGE MASS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE ABOUT 100 FEET NORTH OF THE CONTACT.

Comment (Deposit): ABOUT 1929 THE WALLSTREET AND TURK MINES AND OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE LOCALITY WERE INCORPORATED AS THE AMERICAN COPPER CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): IN NEW YORK CANYON, NORTHERN PART; ESTIMATED UTM; 1:250000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1955 EDITION

Comment (Production): $856,000

Comment (Deposit): COPPER CARBONATE ORE OCCUR IN EASTWARD STRIKING BRECCIATED ZONE, 30 FEET WIDE, IN WESTWARD DIPPING LIMESTONES. MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, AZURITE, AND CUPRITE OCCUR IN THIN FILMS AND IRREGULAR MASSES IN REDDISH JASPEROIDAL LIMESTONE. VEINS ARE 1 TO 5 FT. WIDE

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6941

Reference (Deposit): HILL, 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA; USGS BULL 594

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SANTA FE DISTRICT, NEVADA; CALIF. UNIV. DEPT. GEOL. SCI. BULL. V. 14, NO. 1

Reference (Production): ROSS, D. C., 1961, TABLE 6.6

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.