| Deposit ID | 10043984 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231297 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Battle Mountain Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lady Blain |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.12956, 40.57601 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Relative position | 12 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Antler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Reese(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 043E | 09 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation Scott Canyon Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation Scott Canyon Formation |
| (1) | -117.12956, 40.57601 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne-Trending Fault Set; Also Nw-Trending Set |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N45W |
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | The French Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231297 |
HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 59
HILL, J. M. 1915
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S |
| Deposit | THIS WAS PART OF THE FRENCH CO.'S GALENA HOLDINGS FROM EARLY 1880'S TO EARLY 1900'S. THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN VEIN LIES EAST OF THE WHITE AND SHILOH MINE ON THE HILL NORTH OF GALENA, AND WAS DEVELOPED IN PART BY THE LADY BLAIN TUNNEL. PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1880-1885 WITH NO RECORD OF AMOUNT, BUT TOTAL FROM FRENCH CO. GALENA AREA HOLDINGS TOTALLED $4 TO $6,000,000 IN AU, AG PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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