Mine detail: Copper Deposits of Copper Kettle Canyon

Previously called 'Copper Kettle Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.92073, -118.16986

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Copper, Cuprite, Silver
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Igneous Contact
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM234032
DEP10046103
Reference{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA; U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.B.M. I.C.-7093}{Deposit:: MILS, 1979, USBM}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D.