Copper King Mine

The Copper King Mine is a copper mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Maggie Creek Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Maggie Creek 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

Type: Surface/Underground

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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE .06% U3O8 (GARSIDE)

Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite

Comments

Comment (Production): OXIDE ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME SILVER, LEAD, GOLD AND ZINC.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING COPPER OXIDES WITH SOME RADIOACTIVITY NOTED.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, A 2-COMPARTMENT SHAFT, LATERAL WORKINGS, PITS, TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS OCCUR ALONG SHEAR ZONES IN CHERT, SHALE, AND LIMESTONE UNITS THE ORE BEARING ZONE STRIKES N60E AND DIPS NORTHWEST. RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS ALONG A N45E, 70W FRACTURE.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS, A TWO COMPARTMETN SHAFT, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF LATERAL WORKINGS, AND SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, N.B. OF M. BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, N.B. OF M BULL 81

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 267, REF. NO. 3201100034, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 21.070

Reference (Production): ROBERT, R.J. ETAL., 1967

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.