The Trenton Canyon Porphyry Molybdenum Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Trenton Canyon Porphyry Molybdenum Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trenton Canyon Porphyry Molybdenum Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
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.
Administrative Organization: Winnemucca BLM District
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: pluton-related, porphyry molybdenum
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
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.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Description: intrusive monzo-
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Age Old: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: molybdenite
Comment (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.
Comment (Identification): Trenton Canyon porphyry molybdenum prospect should not be confused with the the Trenton Canyon Gold Mine.
Comment (Location): The Trenton Canyon porphyry molybdenum prospect is located on the northwest flank of Battle Mountain in the headwaters of Trenton Canyon.
Comment (Workings): The mine project area is developed by several open pits.
References
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
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.
