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Battle Mountain Copper Basin

Plant in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295563
MAS/MILS ID 0320150779
Record type Site
Current site name Battle Mountain Copper Basin
Alternate or previous names Copper Basin Mine - Duval Corp., Copper Canyon Mine - Duval Corp., Copper Canyhon Tungsten Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.16905, 40.5041 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL MILS LOCATION: APPROX 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.16905, 40.5041
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 1000M
    Width 600M
    Depth to top 75M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 POTASSIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONATE SILIC
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 960815

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Year of first production 1897
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Solvent Extraction-Electrowin
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Duval Corportation
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • PROCESS RATE 570MT/YR (18MT/DAY) CATHODE QUALITY COPPER OUTPUT CAPACITY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Measured 205000000mt ore
    Indicated 205000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 410000000mt ore
    Inferred 205000000mt ore
    Total resources 615000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.41 wt-pct Copper Trace 1968
    Silver Ag 13.4 g/mt Silver Trace 1968
    Silver Ag 8.9 g/mt Silver Trace 1968
    Silver Ag 0.37 g/mt Silver Trace 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Measured 2780000mt ore
    Indicated 2780000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5560000mt ore
    Inferred 2780000mt ore
    Total resources 8340000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.75 wt-pct Copper Trace 1968
    Silver Ag 8.9 g/mt Silver Trace 1968
    Gold Au 0.37 g/mt Gold Trace 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Total resources 20600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.41 wt-pct Copper Trace 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 860000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.49 wt-pct Copper Trace 1972
    Silver Ag 13.4 g/mt Silver Trace 1972
    Gold Au 0.93 g/mt Gold Trace 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Measured 860000mt ore
    Demonstrated 860000mt ore
    Total resources 860000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.49 wt-pct Copper Trace 1972
    Silver Ag 13.4 g/mt Silver Trace 1972
    Gold Au 0.9 g/mt Gold Trace 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 2780000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.75 wt-pct Copper Trace 1973
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 860000mt ore
    Demonstrated 860000mt ore
    Total resources 860000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.49 wt-pct Copper Trace 1978
    Silver Ag 13.4 g/mt Silver Trace 1978
    Gold Au 0.93 g/mt Gold Trace 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGY AND CHECHEMISTRY OF THE WEST ORE BODY AND ASSOCIATED

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKARNS, COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, LANDER

  • Reserve-Resource

    COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS PP# 798-C, 1978, 85PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SAYERS, R.W., M.C. TIPPETT, & E.D. FIELDS, MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING, VOL20, #3, 1968, PP. 55-62.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, THIS MONTH IN MINING: DUVAL

  • Deposit

    EXPECTS FULL PRODUCTION AT NEVADA PROPERTY IN 1967, V167,

  • Deposit

    #7, 1966, P100.

  • Deposit

    GILMOUR, P., GRADES AND TONNAGES OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    PAPER IN, ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, ED. BY, S.R. TITLEY

  • Deposit

    UNIV. AIR. PRESS, TUCSON,AZ, 1982, P14.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. & D.C. ARNOLD, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANTLER PEAK

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT & LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PP#

  • Deposit

    459-B, 1965, PP. B1-B94.

  • Deposit

    THEODORE, T.G., D.W. BLAKE & E.L. KRECHMER, GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    COPPER CANYON DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, PAPER IN,

  • Deposit

    ADVANCE IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, ED. BY S.R. TITLEY, UNIV AIR

  • Deposit

    PRESS, TUCSON AZ, 1982, PP. 543-550.

  • Deposit

    TIPPETT, M.C., THE GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER BASIN ORE DEPOSTIS

  • Deposit

    LANDER CONTY, NEVADA, MS THESES, UNIV. NEV, RENO, NEV,

  • Deposit

    1967, 30PP

  • Deposit

    VAN DENBURGH, A.S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN

  • Deposit

    LANDER COUNTY, NEFVADA, BUREAU OF MINES IC7043, 1939, 83P.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., E.H. MCKEE, & H.K. STAGER, GEOLOGY OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    DEPOSTIS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOLOGY, BULLT 88, 1977, 106PP.

  • Deposit

    THEODORE, T.G. & J.N. BATCHELDER, STABLE ISOTOPES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    OF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOCIETY OF

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY BULLT. V71, #3, 1976,

  • Deposit

    PAGE 703.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V 56, #20, 1967, P14.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V 68, #3, 1979, P8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF OTHER BATTLE MOUNTAIN MAS PROPERTIES. SEE MAIN FILE, BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD, 0320150631 FOR MORE DETAIL AND ALL CURRENT, (POST 1995) RESERVES/RESOURCES AND ADIT DATA. NO OTHER BATTLE MOUNTAIN WILL CONTAIN THIS DATA. ID FOR MAIN FILE INCLUDE: MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 99.999: MSHA MINES AND BOM RESPONDENT ID 2600550: DMEA-3191 & RIVER BASIN CODE 68D. OTHER RELATED MAS/MILS PROPERTIES: BATTLE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX, 0320150780, MPF 21.016, USGS WOO29O4 (W002904), MSHA MINES ID 2670250. BATTLE MOUNTAIN VEIN, 0320150102, USGS WO16355 (W016355) REONA PROJECT, 0320159027 PHOENIX MINE, 0320150162 ALSO SEE THESE COPPER CAYNON/BASIN MAS/MILS PROPERTIES: COPPER CANYON MINING CO., 0320150040, MPF 21.016; COPPER BASIN MINE, 0320150346, USGS WO16351 (W016351) COPPER BASIN, 0320150623, USGS MO3OOO2 (030002) COPPER CANYON MILL, 0320159004, MSHA MINES ID 2600867. STATUS AS OF 1985, ACTIVE/STAND-BY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-AUG-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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