Copper King #1 Prospect

The Copper King #1 Prospect is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,351 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper King #1 Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2407

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Deephole 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: E. Chapel And D. Stultz
Years: 1981 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2407 OF GRANODIORITE WITH CU OXIDES CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.7% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.1% TI, 500 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, 3000 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 20 PPM CO, 15000 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): MAY HAVE BEEN A SHORT ADIT, NOW CAVED; CAT ROAD UP SIDE OF MOUNTAIN

Comment (Deposit): SMALL (50FT X 200+FT) PENDANT OF SCHISTOSE HORNFELS ENGULFED BY GRANODIORITE. ABUNDANT CU OXIDES ALONG FRACTURES IN BOTH ROCK TYPES. MINOR ALTERATION ALONG HORNFELS/GRANODIORITE CONTACT-MAINLY BLEACHING. OPEN CUT ABOVE ROAD CUT SHOWS PLENTIFUL COPPER OXIDES. MOST OF THE MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE IN THE GRANODIORITE ALONG CONTACT, AND MOST OFIT SEEMS TO BE ALONG THE NORTH CONTACT ZONE. ALSO WHITE PE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL LYING AROUND ON SURFACE-NONE APPARENT IN PLACE.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): PROPERTY RESTAKED IN MARCH 1981 BY E. CHAPEL AND D. STULTZ.

References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 7-8-84.

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.