| Deposit ID | 10044030 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231348 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Julie Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Canyon Mine Lead-Zinc Orebody:Hornfels Orebody |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.13956, 40.53101 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1783 |
| Relative position | 13 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)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
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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 | 27 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE ORE GRADE 2.5% PB, 1.5% ZN, 3 OZ AG/TON |
|---|
| Model code | 60 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18c |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Zn-Pb |
| Mark3 model number | 22 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Rock unit name | Battle Formation |
| Rock description | Battle Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | Golconda Terrane - Basinal, volcanogenic, terrigenous clastic, and minor carbonate rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Fault At Depth |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Virgin & Mill Faults, N-S, Dip 65 W; Other Faults. The West Fault, Trends Nw And Forms The Nw Boundary Of The Hornfels Orebody As This Fault Contains Primary Sulfides, It May Have Been The Channel For Mineralizing Fluids Which Formed The Hornfels Orebody |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Plunge | 40-45N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Discoverer | Copper Canyon Mining Company |
| Year of first production | 1948 |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Copper Canyon Mining Co. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231348 |
TRENGROVE, R.R., 1951, INVESTIGATION OF COPPER CANYON LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, LANDER CO NEVADA: U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 4774
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE LEAD-ZINC OREBODY ON COPPER CANYON MINE GROUND WAS FIRST DISCOVERED BY DIAMOND-DRILLING IN 1941. IN 1947, COPPER CANYON MINING CO SANK THE EXISTING JULIE SHAFT TO THE 700-FOOT LEVEL TO MINE THE LEAD-ZINC OREBODY. PRODUCTION OF PB-ZN ORE BEGAN IN 1948. FIRES AND MARKET FLUCTUATIONS RESULTED IN INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION UNTIL 1957 WHEN THE MILL WAS SHUT DOWN; WITH LESSEE ACTIVITY CONTINUING UNTIL 1959 WHEN THE U.S. GOV'T TOOK IT OVER JULIE SHAFT WAS FIRST PUT DOWN IN 1941 TO MINE COPPER-GOLD ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | VEINS, DISSEMINATIONS; INTERSECTION OF TWO FAULTS; ORE GRADE DECREASES AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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