Rattler Mine

The Rattler Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rattler Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Nevada Copper Co.
Years: 1968 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
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 With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: QUARTZ FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY CU OXIDES

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Melaconite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Actinolite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED FEET NW OF SILVER CIRCLE MINE

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM

Comment (Deposit): MUCH ORE CONSISTS OF QUARTZ FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY COPPER OXIDES

Comment (Geology): CHIEF ORE MINERAL IS CHALCOPYRITE IN AN ACTINOLITE-QUARTZ GANGUE ASSOC. WITH SYENITE DIKES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS LOCATED ON A MINERALIZED BELT OR LODE 120 FT. WIDE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE A NORTHERLY OFFSHOOT FROM THE MAIN GRANODIORITE CONTACT. IN 1928 100 TONS OF 6% CU ORE CONTAINING 3 OZ/TON AG WAS PRODUCED. THIS LODE IS MINERALOGICALLY SIMILAR TO THE SILVER CIRCLE LODE. THE CHIEF ORE MINERAL, CHALCOPYRITE, IS IN A QUARTZ-ACTINOLITE VEIN. MUCH OF THE ORE CONSISTS OF QUARTZ FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY COPPER OXIDES (CUPRITE, MELACONITE, MALACHITE) WITH NO TRACE OF HYPOGENE SULFIDES REMAINING. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 32-3). THE RATTLER CLAIM IS PART OF THE GREY COPPER CORPS. UPPER GROUP OF CLAIMS (SCHRADER, 1935) MINERAL SURVEY 4234 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): IN 1928, 100 TONS OF 6% CU ORE WITH 3 OZ/TON AG WAS PRODUCED

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

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. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL. 497.

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.