The Bataan, Mabel, and Mollie Claims is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.44806, -118.32639
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Bataan, Mabel, and Mollie Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bataan, Mabel, and Mollie Claims
Secondary: Farrington and Gilbert Mine
Secondary: Olga
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Garfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1953-1955
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1915-1917
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE: 0.2 TO 0.8% WO3
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 0.2% WO3 IN QUARTZ-LIMONITE GOSSON ALONG GRANITE - LIMESTONE FAULT CONTACT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MABLE MOUNTAIN (1967) 1:24000
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE IN TACTITE AND LIMONITIC GOSSAN IN SHEARED
Comment (Development): 1915-1916 WORKED FOR CU; IN 1943 SCHEELITE FOUND BY F. AND L.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
