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Bataan Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050824
MRDS ID N000303
Record type Site
Current site name Bataan Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 3588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.26817, 38.43381 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
7N 33E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn Along The Contact Zone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.26817, 38.43381
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Old Workings Are In Part Being Encrouched Upon By The New Deal And Gold Coin Claim Block From The East.

Ore body information

  • Strike COPPER MINERALIZATION ALONG THE STRIKE FOR 300 FEET
    Dip COPPER MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS THE DIP

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CROSSCUTS EXPLORE A N80 DEGREES E 45-60 DEGREES N SHEAR THAT IS ABOUT 40 FEET WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years SOME COPPER PRODUCTION IN 1916

Mining district

District name Garfield

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF N-S CROSSCUT ADITS , NUMEROUS TRENCHES CROSSCUTTING THE CONTACT ZONE, AND SOME PRODUCTION PITS FOR SKARN ALONG THE CONTACT ZONE

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED PRIOR TO THE WWI ; WORKED BETWEEN 1915-1916 FOR COPPER AND FOR TUNGSTEN IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, GARFIELD MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE VISIT SITE 4-20-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES( TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BATAN MINE WORKINGS ARE SHOWN TO BE PART OF A PATENTED BLOCK OF ACREAGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Doebrich, Jeff L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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