Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlIntrusive Contact, Vein
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper, Malachite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureFractures With Veins In Intrusive Dip 80 Nw Strike N 35 E
AlterationSilicification-Jasperoidal Rock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Discovery year1894
Identification
Deposit ID10104040
MRDS IDM233928
Alternate namesCopper Belt, Delkar Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.39686, -115.01755
References
HILL, JAMES M., NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648, 1916SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS VOL. 115 SEPTEMBER 29, 1917, P 481HILL, J.M., (1916) P. 66-67