Trinity

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271394
MAS/MILS ID 0320150007
Record type Site
Current site name Trinity
Alternate or previous names Atlas, Armor

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.11655, 40.5724 (WGS84)
Elevation 1874
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 043 E 10 N2NWSE Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.11655, 40.5724

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N08E
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 61M
    Width 46M
    Depth to top 23M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N08E:55W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Langwith
    Home office California
    Year 1952
  • Type Operator
    Owner Brownson And Ivory
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAGE, J.L. THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, IN: SOME FOREIGN

  • Deposit

    AND DOMESTIC LEAD-ZINC MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CON-

  • Deposit

    CENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUS-

  • Deposit

    TRY. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT)

  • Deposit

    1941, PP. 306.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEV., 1923.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J., SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEV.

  • Deposit

    1915, USGS BULL. 594.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., GEOOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV

  • Deposit

    PART 2, MINERAL DEPOSITS, 1977, NEV. BUMINES BULL. 88,

  • Deposit

    PP. 66-71.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ARNOLD, D.C., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK

  • Deposit

    QUAD. HUMBOLDT AND LANDER CO., NEV., 1965, USGS PROF.

  • Deposit

    PAPER 459B

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., THE BATTLE MTN. MINING DISTRICT, NEV., 1933,

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN-FILE RPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.