Big Mike

United States· NevadaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
10.00%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1930

Overview

Massive len (pyrite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite), 0.015 km thickness. Stringer of veinlets (quartz-pyrite-carbonate-sericite-chalcopyrite-sphalerite) in footwall and hangingwall. Rift ocean basin ophiolite.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Mafic in primitive oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1970

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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