Mine detail: Great Eastern

Previously called 'Copper King District'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.62555, -114.14775

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium
Ore:	Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Erythrite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pentlandite, Polydymite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED, PODS, LENTICULAR MASSES IN AMPHIBOLITE DIKE
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Key West Thrust, Numerous Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Peridotite Altered To Hornblende And Biotite

References

MRDS	M045354
DEP	10038078
Reference	{Deposit:: BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1910, PLATINUM IN SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1909: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 430, P. 192-199.}{Deposit:: BEAL, L. H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BUNKERVILLE MINING DISTRICT, CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 63, P. 61-63.}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE DATA, FILE NO. 23,ITEM NOS. 2 AND 3.}{Deposit:: NEEDHAM, A.B., SOULE, J.H., AND TRENGOVE, R.R., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF THE GREAT EASTERN NICKEL DEPOSIT, CLARK COUNTY, NEV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4679, 5 P.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, NICKEL DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1223, P. 46-47.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.