Battle Mountain Copper Basin

The Battle Mountain Copper Basin is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 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

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Site Name

Primary: Battle Mountain Copper Basin
Secondary: Copper Basin Mine - Duval Corp.
Secondary: Copper Canyon Mine - Duval Corp.
Secondary: Copper Canyhon Tungsten Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Duval Corportation
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1984

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Solvent Extraction-Electrowin
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Bench (Berm)
Milling Method: Hydrometallurgy Unspecified
Year First Production: 1897
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Cuprite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS IS ONE OF OTHER BATTLE MOUNTAIN MAS PROPERTIES. SEE MAIN FILE, BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD, 0320150631 FOR MORE DETAIL AND ALL CURRENT, (POST 1995) RESERVES/RESOURCES AND ADIT DATA. NO OTHER BATTLE MOUNTAIN WILL CONTAIN THIS DATA. ID FOR MAIN FILE INCLUDE: MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 99.999: MSHA MINES AND BOM RESPONDENT ID 2600550: DMEA-3191 & RIVER BASIN CODE 68D. OTHER RELATED MAS/MILS PROPERTIES: BATTLE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX, 0320150780, MPF 21.016, USGS WOO29O4 (W002904), MSHA MINES ID 2670250. BATTLE MOUNTAIN VEIN, 0320150102, USGS WO16355 (W016355) REONA PROJECT, 0320159027 PHOENIX MINE, 0320150162 ALSO SEE THESE COPPER CAYNON/BASIN MAS/MILS PROPERTIES: COPPER CANYON MINING CO., 0320150040, MPF 21.016; COPPER BASIN MINE, 0320150346, USGS WO16351 (W016351) COPPER BASIN, 0320150623, USGS MO3OOO2 (030002) COPPER CANYON MILL, 0320159004, MSHA MINES ID 2600867. STATUS AS OF 1985, ACTIVE/STAND-BY.

Comment (Production): PROCESS RATE 570MT/YR (18MT/DAY) CATHODE QUALITY COPPER OUTPUT CAPACITY.

Comment (Location): GENERAL MILS LOCATION: APPROX 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA.

References

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V 56, #20, 1967, P14.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V 68, #3, 1979, P8.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GEOLOGY AND CHECHEMISTRY OF THE WEST ORE BODY AND ASSOCIATED

Reference (Deposit): EXPECTS FULL PRODUCTION AT NEVADA PROPERTY IN 1967, V167,

Reference (Deposit): #7, 1966, P100.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, THIS MONTH IN MINING: DUVAL

Reference (Deposit): GILMOUR, P., GRADES AND TONNAGES OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SKARNS, COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, LANDER

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS PP# 798-C, 1978, 85PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAYERS, R.W., M.C. TIPPETT, & E.D. FIELDS, MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): ENGINEERING, VOL20, #3, 1968, PP. 55-62.

Reference (Deposit): PAPER IN, ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, ED. BY, S.R. TITLEY

Reference (Deposit): UNIV. AIR. PRESS, TUCSON,AZ, 1982, P14.

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. & D.C. ARNOLD, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANTLER PEAK

Reference (Deposit): QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT & LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PP#

Reference (Deposit): 459-B, 1965, PP. B1-B94.

Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T.G., D.W. BLAKE & E.L. KRECHMER, GEOLOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): COPPER CANYON DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, PAPER IN,

Reference (Deposit): ADVANCE IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS,

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, ED. BY S.R. TITLEY, UNIV AIR

Reference (Deposit): PRESS, TUCSON AZ, 1982, PP. 543-550.

Reference (Deposit): TIPPETT, M.C., THE GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER BASIN ORE DEPOSTIS

Reference (Deposit): LANDER CONTY, NEVADA, MS THESES, UNIV. NEV, RENO, NEV,

Reference (Deposit): 1967, 30PP

Reference (Deposit): VAN DENBURGH, A.S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN

Reference (Deposit): ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY BULLT. V71, #3, 1976,

Reference (Deposit): PAGE 703.

Reference (Deposit): LANDER COUNTY, NEFVADA, BUREAU OF MINES IC7043, 1939, 83P.

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., E.H. MCKEE, & H.K. STAGER, GEOLOGY OF MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSTIS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOLOGY, BULLT 88, 1977, 106PP.

Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T.G. & J.N. BATCHELDER, STABLE ISOTOPES & GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): OF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOCIETY OF

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.