Mine detail: Brooklyn Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.77991, -114.787

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Axinite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1889

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Silt,Quartzite,Shale,Limestone,Chert
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M233871
DEP	10045969
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497}{Production:: SMITH, R.M., (1976)}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.