The Battle Mountain Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.57611, -117.12861
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Battle Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Battle Mountain Mine
Secondary: Lady Blain
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Owner Name: The French Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fault Set; Also Nw-Trending Set
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Development): PART OF THE FRENCH CO.'S GALENA HOLDINGS; PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1880-1885.
Comment (Location): ON HILL N. OF GALENA TOWNSITE
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR THE GALENA HOLDINGS WAS $4-$6 MILLION IN GOLD AND SILVER
Comment (Deposit): THIS WAS PART OF THE FRENCH CO.'S GALENA HOLDINGS FROM EARLY 1880'S TO EARLY 1900'S. THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN VEIN LIES EAST OF THE WHITE AND SHILOH MINE ON THE HILL NORTH OF GALENA, AND WAS DEVELOPED IN PART BY THE LADY BLAIN TUNNEL. PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1880-1885 WITH NO RECORD OF AMOUNT, BUT TOTAL FROM FRENCH CO. GALENA AREA HOLDINGS TOTALLED $4 TO $6,000,000 IN AU, AG PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS IN A 2-FT-WIDE BAND ALONG THE NE WALL OF THE 4-8 FT. WIDE FRACTURE ZONE. "THE ORE IS A REDDISH-BROWN SOFT MATERIAL CARRYING SOME STIBNITE AND REMNANTS OF GALENA SURROUNDED BY SOME ANGLESTIE. CERUSSITE AND POSSIBLY HORN SILVER ARE PRESENT, AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE ARGENTITE REPLACES SOME OF THE GALENA." - HILL
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J. M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 59
Reference (Production): HILL, J. M. 1915
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.
