Brooklyn

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

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Brooklyn

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Grandiorite 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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): BARITE VEINS REPORTED

Comment (Deposit): RETURNS ON 10 1/2 TONS OF THIS ARE (GARFIELD SMELTER, SALT LAKE CI TY) WERE ABOUT 3.5% CU AND 1.3OZ. AG PER TON (SCHRADER 1935, P21-2). T HIS CLAIM BELONGS TO THE BROOKLYN MINE GROUP. (SEE BROOKLYN MINE) -GIV EN SAME UTM AS GREEN MONSTER. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 1972 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NOV: USES DFR 76- 56, P39-45

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

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM, GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., N EV; USES OFR 76-779.

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.