Delker Mine

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

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Delker Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.39694, -115.01667

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Delker Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Delker Mine
Secondary: Copper Belt
Secondary: Delkar Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Delker


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: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractures With Veins In Intrusive Dip 80 Nw Strike N 35 E


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification-Jasperoidal Rock


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): IGNEOUS CONTACT, VEIN

Comment (Workings): 50-FT INCLINE SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): THE DELKER DISTRICT, LOCATED ON THE NW SIDE OF DELKER HILL (WEST BUTTE) (FRANKLIN BUTTES), WAS DISCOVERED IN 1894, AFTER YEARS OF ANNUAL PROSPECTING THE DELKER MINE BEGAN SHIPPING COPPER ORE IN 1916 AND 1917, WITH CORRIE THE SHIPPING POINT ON THE NEVADA NORTHERN RAILROAD 25 MILE TO THE SE. A 50 FT INCLINE SHAFT IS SUNK ON THE CONTACT OF THE QUARTZ MONZONITE AND LIMESTONES AND INTERBEDDED QUARTZITES. LIME SILICATES ARE DEVELOPED IN PLACES ON THE CONTACT WITH COPPER CARBONATES ORES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. OTHER COPPER MINERALS PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): AFTER YEARS OF PROSPECTING, THE DELKER MINE BEGAN SHIPPING COPPER ORE IN 1916 AND 1917 WITH CURRIE THE SHIPPING POINT, ON THE NEVADA NORTHERN RAILROAD 25 MILES TO THE SE.


References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648, 1916

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS VOL. 115 SEPTEMBER 29, 1917, P 481

Reference (Production): HILL, J.M., (1916) P. 66-67


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.