2047

High-Grade Copper Ore, Tripp-Veteran Mines, Ruth, Nevada [132883]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
High-Grade Copper Ore, Tripp-Veteran Mines, Ruth, Nevada  [132883]
SOLD
150.00USD+ (37.50) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 May 14 @ 09:12UTC-7 : PDT/MST
SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. Shipping and handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing as it is based on the size and weight of your purchase. Additional shipping and handling costs, if required, will be re-invoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size.SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size a...
Two pieces of mostly chrysocolla (a copper silicate mineral) with occurrences of azurite, malachite. One is labeled KCC / NEVADA / TRIPP-VETERAN PIT // Chrysocolla / Chalcocite / Ore /, and is approx. 4.75 x 3 x 2 inches and 557.8 ounces. Daniel Jackling began open-pit mining in the Veteran Pit near the towns of Ruth and Ely, Nevada, in 1905 under Nevada Consolidated Copper Corporation. The Tripp and Veteran Mines that were acquired by Kennecott 1950, and they began mining those two properties in the late 1960s when their adjacent Liberty Pit played out. The second chrysocolla specimen, ~5.75 x 2 x 5 inches, ~3 pounds, is unlabeled but came with the same collection of minerals from this consignor. It has been cut flat on two sides, perhaps to be used as a bookend. It may have been given a thin coat of lacquer to preserve the appearance of the chrysocolla, which otherwise tends to darken over time as the mineral dehydrates.

Date:
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Ruth
Provenance: William Mayrsohn Collection