Post Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044934
MRDS ID M232575
Record type Site
Current site name Post Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.10205, 40.46518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 13 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS GOLD BUTTE MINE TO SOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation ;Valmy Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation ;Valmy Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.10205, 40.46518

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Valmy And Dewitt Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Butte Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 55-80SW
    Width 22.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES ARE PYRITE-QUARTZ LENSES IN SHEAR ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, STOPES

Comments on development

  • 280-FT ADIT WITH STOPES EXTENDING 75-FT UP DIP OF VEIN

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 280-FT. LONG ADIT WITH STOPES EXTENDING 75 FT. UP THE DIP OF THE VEIN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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