| Deposit ID | 60001659 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002904 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Battle Mountain District |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Canyon, Copper Basin |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.05424, 40.6166 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Galena Canyon(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 |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| (1) | -117.05424, 40.6166 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | DIKES IN HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS, N, NW AND W (EO-OLIG) ORE-BEARING FAULTS N-S, DIP W, NORMAL, YOUNGER |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure name | THRUST FAULT |
| Structure description | ANTLER THRUSTING; GOLCONDA THRUST |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1866 |
| Discoverer | Tanehill, Sinclair, Heath |
| Year of first production | 1868 |
| District name | BATTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | DUVAL CORPORATION |
VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONN. MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 7043, 83 P.
HILL, J M 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594, 200 P P. 64-91
ROBERTS ET AL, 1971, GOLD BEARING DEP. IN NEV AND IDAHO: ECON GEOL V. 66 NO 1 P. 22-3.
HAGUE, A. AND EMMONS, S.F. 1877, DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY: US GEOL. EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL (KING) V 2, P. 666-72.
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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