Battle Mountain District

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -117.05424, 40.6166 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05424, 40.6166

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1866
Discoverer Tanehill, Sinclair, Heath
Year of first production 1868

Mining district

District name BATTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner DUVAL CORPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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