Chinaman Mine

The Chinaman Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,700 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chinaman Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

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

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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1876
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper

Comments

Comment (Deposit): NO PRODUCTION SINCE 1927 (SCHRADER, 1935, P 37.) DEPOSIT LOCATED IN 1876 BY AN OFFICIAL OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. THIS MINE IS LOCATED ON THE SKYLARK CLAIM NO. 1, ONE OF A GROUP OF SIX (CHINAMAN) CLAIMS. CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1895 BY W.T. MCARDLE. (THE COPPER MT. CLAIM NO. 1 AT THE LOWER (ELEVATION) END OF THE GROUP HAS A 50 FT. TUNNEL.) THE CHINAMAN MINE IS LOCATED ON THE LIMESTONE SIDE OF THE CONTACT. THE ORE IS CONTAINED IN A LODE OR MINERALIZED BAND ABOUT 22 FT. IN WIDTH. ABOUT 80 TONS OF 14% ORE REMAINING FROM A HEAP OF WHICH A TEST WAS MADE AT THE CONTACT SMELTER, LIES ON THE DUMP (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102 + 136). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): ABOUT 80 TONS OF 14% CU ORE REMAINING FROM A TEST HEAP. (1912)

Comment (Deposit): LODE OR MINERALIZED BAND

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL 50 FT. LONG.

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ SYENITE PORPHYRY DIKES (APLITICPHASE) ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPOSITS.

Comment (Development): MINE IS ON ONE OF 6 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1895 BY W.T. MCARDLE

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 RECOMM. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912), (1935)

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.