Brooklyn Mine

The Brooklyn Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Brooklyn Mine

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: Brooklyn Mining Co.
Years: 1912 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1889
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

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Axinite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: ABOUT 1889-1890

Comment (Production): COPPER CONTENT RANGES FROM 3% TO 50% CU, BUT AVERAGE LT 10% CU. TOTAL PRODUCTION $5000 TO $100,000 WORTH.

Comment (Development): PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1901-1904. 6 CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): BROOKLYN VEIN; COPPER CONTENT RANGES FROM 3% TO 50% CU.

Comment (Location): LOCATED WITHIN BROOKLYN CLAIM

Comment (Deposit): COPPER CONTENT OF ORE RANGES FROM 3% TO 50%, BUT GENERALLY CONTAINS LT10% CU. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 15). FIRST LOCATED AROUND 1890. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1901-1904. MAIN SHAFT IS 196 FT DEEP. PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND JURASSIC GRANODIORITE CONTACT TRENDS N 80-85 E AND DIPS 73 DEG TOWARD GRANODIORITE. FAULTS ARE SUBSEQUENT TO INTRUSION. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 19-22). THIS IS ONE OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE COPPER MINING COMPANY'S CLAIMS. PROPERTY WAS DISCOVERED IN 1889-90 BY MESSRS. WARWICK, ENGLISH AND TWO OTHERS (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102) THE BROOKLYN MINE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS: BROOKLYN LODE MINING SURVEY NO. 1972, BROOKLYN EXTN. LODE MINING SURVEY NO. 1972, BROOKLYN FRACTION LODE MINING CLAIM NO. 1972, VALLEY VIEW SURVEY NO. 1972, KENTUCK LODE SURVEY NO. 4117, LAMONT LODE SURVEY NO. 4118. THE MINE IS LOCATED ON THE "BROOKLYN VEIN", THE MAIN GRANODIORITE-PALEOZOIC ROCK CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Geology): AXINITE PRESENT AS GANGUE MINERAL THROUGHOUT THE CONTACT ZONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

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

Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)

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.