Battle Creek

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246290
MRDS ID W016368
MAS/MILS ID 0320070005
Record type Site
Current site name Battle Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.38149, 40.50412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 058 E 01 SWSWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.38149, 40.50412

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 05E
    Length 61M
    Width 30.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N25E:05E
    Date of Last Modification 830712

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Hauser
    ID 2601688
    Home office California
    Year 1963

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 65, 1964, P.157.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 54, 1957, P.134-136.

  • Deposit

    GSA MEMOIR NO. 15, 1946, P.5.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8158, BERYLLIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN CA AND NEV,1959-62

  • Deposit

    PG. 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-88 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/03/1984
MSHA mine ID2601688
Mine name (MSHA)Battle Creek Tungsten Mine
Current operatorR & A Minerals
Current controller (parent)Reagan Carrol
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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