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Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02816, 40.61684
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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.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year <1936
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 1936-1954 TOTAL, 7045 TONS ORE WHICH AVERAGED 0.281 OZ/TON AU; 3.21 OZ/TON AG, 2.64% CU, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $117,331

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, PITS

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1936 TO 1954

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231320

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNITES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B.

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT ALONG FAULT ZONES IN FAVORABLE BEDS
Deposit PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1936 TO 1954. WORKINGS INCLUDE A 590-FT ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND SHALLOW PITS. WORKINGS EXTEND ALONG STRIKE OF BEDS OR PARALLEL THE COPPER KING FAULT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey