Bataan, Mabel, and Mollie Claims

The Bataan, Mabel, and Mollie Claims is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 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: Bataan, Mabel, and Mollie Claims
Secondary: Farrington and Gilbert Mine
Secondary: Olga

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Garfield 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

Not available

Production

Year: 1955
Time Period: 1953-1955
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1915-1917

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE GRADE: 0.2 TO 0.8% WO3

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 0.2% WO3 IN QUARTZ-LIMONITE GOSSON ALONG GRANITE - LIMESTONE FAULT CONTACT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MABLE MOUNTAIN (1967) 1:24000

Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE IN TACTITE AND LIMONITIC GOSSAN IN SHEARED

Comment (Development): 1915-1916 WORKED FOR CU; IN 1943 SCHEELITE FOUND BY F. AND L.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)

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.