Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10103938 |
MRDS ID |
M231320 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Copper King Mine |
Geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinates:
|
-117.02816, 40.61684 (WGS84)
|
Elevation |
1631 |
Relative position |
6 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
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Geographic areas
Country |
State |
County |
United States |
Nevada |
Lander |
Public Land Survey System information
Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
Mount Diablo |
032N |
044E |
28 |
|
Nevada |
Comments on the location information
- 1/3 MILE NE OF CARISSA MINE
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Copper |
Primary |
Gold |
Secondary |
Silver |
Secondary |
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Chrysocolla |
Ore |
Malachite |
Ore |
Alteration
-
(Local)
Intense Hydrotherman; Argillic
Mineral occurrence model information
Model code |
72 |
USGS model code |
19a |
Deposit model name |
Polymetallic replacement |
Mark3 model number |
47 |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Shale |
Rock unit name |
Harmong Formation |
Rock description |
Harmong Formation |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Cambrian |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Late Cambrian |
|
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Sandstone |
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Carbonate
> Limestone |
Geologic structures
Type of structure |
Local |
Structure description |
Folding, Copper King Fault |
Ore body information
General form |
TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
Strike |
N-S |
Dip |
E STEEPLY |
Controls for ore emplacement
- Favorable Lithologies, Fault Zones
Comments on the geologic information
- SHALEY AND MEY BEDS ARE LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO HORNFELS AND CALC-HORNFELS, AND SUBSEQUENT HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO LIGHT CLAYEY ROCKS. GOLD VALUES RUN HIGH IN SHALED BEDS, WHILE COPPER RUNS HIGHER IN CALCAREOUS BEDS.