Battle Creek Group

The Battle Creek Group is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Battle Creek Group
Secondary: Noonday
Secondary: Friday
Secondary: Crescent Claims Ruby Valley Claim
Secondary: Galente No. 2.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Ruby Valley (Smith Creek)

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Friday Gold Mining Co. (Early 1900'S)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Form: LENSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: N15 W. Fissure

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn-Silication

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Phlogopite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Geology): N65W, 50 SW OF DIPPING "VEIN" IN REPLACEMENT ZONE IN COARSE GRAINED WHITE MARBLE, PEGMATITES PARALLEL "VEIN", VEIN IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ PALE GREEN TREMOLITE, CALCITE, LOTS OF SPHALERITE, GALENA, CALCITE CRYSTALS IN VUGS ALONG FRACTURES PARALLEL TO STRIKE-MAYBE 5'-10' WIDE, WEAK SKARN ZONE W/PEGMATITE ALONG MARGINS.

Comment (Production): HIGHEST GRADE ORE SHIPPED SINCE 1949 WAS 65% PB, 14.2% ZN, 1.3 OZ/AG PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME COPPER & GOLD OVER $100,000.

Comment (Development): 9 CLAIMS; INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION FROM 1908 TO 1955. MICA WAS MINED FROM THE RUBY VALLEY CLAIM BY C.W. KENNEDY IN 1939-1941

Comment (Deposit): LENSES OF LIME SILICATE ROCK FORMED PARALLEL TO BEDDING ALONG OR NEAR INTRUSIVE CONTACT.

Comment (Workings): 400-FT ADT, OPENCUT, SHALLOW SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP OF MINES/CLAIMS COVERS THE AREG OF S.SIDE OF MOUTH OF BATTLE CREEK: MYERS CREEK. THIS GROUP OF CLAIMS (9) ALSO IS KNOWN AS THE FRIDAY GROUP. PRODUCTION FROM THESE CLAIMS IS RECORDED INTERMITTENTLY, FROM 1908-1955. THE MAIN WORKINGS ARE A 400' ADIT IN LIMESTONE (MONBOLIZED) AND AN OPEN CUT MAIN ORE MINERALS ARE GALENA, COPPER CARBONATES; CERUSITE, ANGLESITE AS COATINGS ON GALENA; SPHALERITE, LENSES OF LIME SILICATE ROCK PEMMED PARALLEL WITH THE BEDDING, ALONG OR NEAR THE INTRUSIVE CONTACT. THE FRIDAY GROUP WAS LOCATED IN 1906 AND ACQUIRED BY THE FRIDAY GOLD MINING CO. THE CRESCENT WORKINGS ARE ABOUT 1/4 MILE E. OF THE ADIT, AND CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT ON A VERTICAL FRACTURE TRENDING N.15 DEG W. CUTTING CRYSTALLINE WHITE LIMESTONE AND LIME SILICATE ROCK. COPPER CARBONATES ARE MINOR ALONG THIS FISSURE--SPECKS OF BORNITE, PRODUCTION OF VARYING AMOUNTS IS RECORDED FOR THE BATTLE CREEK GROUP-FRIDAY BATTLE CREEK TUNGSTEN MINE--SEE SEPARATESHEET. THIS HIGHEST ONE GRADE SHIPPED

Comment (Deposit): FROM THE BATTLE CREEK GROUP SINCE 1949 WAS65% LEAD, AND 14.2% ZINC, AND 1.3 OZ SILVER FROM THE NOONDAY MINE MICA WAS MINEDFROM THE RUBY VALLEY CLAIM BY C.W. KENNEDY IN 1939-41. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56

Reference (Deposit): USGS LAMOILLE, NEVADA 1:62,500 QUADRANGLE 1962 (MAP)

Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M.(1976)

Reference (Deposit): HELL, JAMES M., (1916) NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.

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.