Mine detail: Copper King Group

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Location

Lat / long:

38.91686, -117.584

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Copper
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pablo Formation
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Dominant Fault Strikes Ne, Dips Se, Along A Bedding Plane With Several Inches Of Gouge.

References

MRDS	M231838
DEP	10044422
Reference	{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 198-199}{Deposit:: SILBERLING, N.J., 1959, PRE-TERT. STRAT. AND UPPER TRIASSIC PALES. OF THE UNION DISTRICT: USGS PP 322, PLATE 10.}{Deposit:: BAKER, ART III, 1966, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON COPPER KING PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 258, ITEM 2.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)