The Battle Mountain District is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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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Battle Mountain District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Battle Mountain District
Secondary: Copper Canyon
Secondary: Copper Basin
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: BATTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: DUVAL CORPORATION
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: FISSURES, WIDE SHEAR ZONES, REPLACEMENT
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1868
Discovery Year: 1866
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: THRUST FAULT
Description: ANTLER THRUSTING; GOLCONDA THRUST
Type: L
Description: DIKES IN HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS, N, NW AND W (EO-OLIG) ORE-BEARING FAULTS N-S, DIP W, NORMAL, YOUNGER
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: OXIDATION
Alteration Text: OXIDATION NEAR SURFACE: HYDROTHERMAL
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONN. MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 7043, 83 P.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J M 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594, 200 P P. 64-91
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610 P. 183-184
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ET AL, 1971, GOLD BEARING DEP. IN NEV AND IDAHO: ECON GEOL V. 66 NO 1 P. 22-3.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. ANDRNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUAD, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER CO, NEV; USGS PROF. PAPER 459-B P. 1-94.
Reference (Deposit): HAGUE, A. AND EMMONS, S.F. 1877, DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY: US GEOL. EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL (KING) V 2, P. 666-72.
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.
