| Deposit ID | 10310569 |
|---|---|
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Trenton Canyon Porphyry Molybdenum Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.18511, 40.63096 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | The Trenton Canyon porphyry molybdenum prospect is located approximately 30 miles east of Winnemucca and 20 miles west-southwest of the town of Battle Mountain, very near Humboldt County line. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lander(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
North Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 042E | 23, 24, 25 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Model code | 80 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21b |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Mo, low-F |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock type qualifier | intrusive monzo- | ||||
| Rock unit name | monzogranite of Trenton Canyon | ||||
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| (1) | -117.18511, 40.63096 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Roberts Mountain Thrust fault and the Golconda Thrust fault both affect rocks in the region of the prospect. Mesozoic structural and magmatic events in the Battle Mountain mining district included formation of a northwest-striking structural fabric, including faults and broad open folds, and emplacement of Late Cretaceous granodioritic to monzogranitic stocks at Trenton Canyon. |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | Yes |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|---|
| Area name | Winnemucca BLM District |
Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.
Doebrich, J.L., 1995, Geology and mineral deposits of the Antler Peak 7.5-minute quadrangle, Lander County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 109, 44 p.
Geological Society of Nevada; 1996 fall field trip guidebook, geology and ore deposits of northwestern Nevada; Trenton Canyon Project, Long Tree Mine, Getchell Mine, Twin Creeks Mine, Florida Canyon Mine (DeLong, Richard, editor) ; GSN Special Publication No. 24.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Mesozoic magmatism in the Battle Mountain mining district consisted of emplacement of a Late Cretaceous granodioritic to monzogranitic intrusive complex that generated generated the low-fluorine porphyry molybdenum mineralizing system at Trenton Canyon. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-2006 | LaPointe D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Editor | 01-SEP-2007 | Schruben, Paul G. | U.S. Geological Survey | Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields. |
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