Mine detail: Delker Mine

Previously called 'Copper BeltDelkar Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.39686, -115.01755

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper, Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Fractures With Veins In Intrusive Dip 80 Nw Strike N 35 E
Alteration processes:	Silicification-Jasperoidal Rock

References

MRDS	M233928
DEP	10104040
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, JAMES M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648, 1916}{Deposit:: SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56}{Deposit:: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS VOL. 115 SEPTEMBER 29, 1917, P 481}{Production:: HILL, J.M., (1916) P. 66-67}
Reporter	Tingley, J.V.