Mine detail: Copper King Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61684, -117.02816

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1936

Geology

Host rock:	Harmong Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Folding, Copper King Fault
Alteration processes:	Intense Hydrotherman; Argillic

References

MRDS	M231320
DEP	10103938
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D., Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)