The Contention Mine is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.61306, -117.03972
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Contention Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Contention Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Discovery Year: 1927
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: "Pebble Dikes" Containing Fragments Of Both Quartz Monzonite Porphyry And Argillite; Displacement Oby Faults (Contention, Dewitt, Kelly And Middleton Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Hydrothermal, Argillic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1927 AND 1928 ORE SHIPMENTS CONTAINED 19.55% AND 12.81% CU RESPECTIVELY
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CHALCOCITE IN VEINLETS AND DISSEMINTATED; SECONDARILY ENRICHED
Comment (Geology): 1947-ORE-CHALCOCITE INVEINLETS AND DISSEMINTATED THRU' HORNFELS AND SANDSTONE
Comment (Development): RANKED 3RD OF THE COPPER BASING MINES IN PRODUCTION, (PRIOR TO DUVAL'S OPEN PITS) THIS AREA IS NOW ENCOMPASSED BY DUVAL CO.'S COPPER BASIN OPEN PIT. NO RECORD OF PRE-1927 PRODUCTION
Comment (Location): 3/4 MILE NNE OF COPPER BASIN TOWNSITE
Comment (Production): 1927-1954 TOTAL PRODUCTION, 8078 TONS ORE AVERAGING 0.11 OZ./TON AU; 0.36 OZ/TON AG; 7.38% CU; WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $130,332.
Comment (Deposit): RANKED 3RD IN PRODUCTION OF THE COPPER BASIN MINES (BEFORE DUVAL'S OPEN PITS) THIS AREA IS NOW ENCOMPASSED BY DUVAL'S OPERATION. NO RECORD OF PRE-1927 PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADAD U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B
Reference (Deposit): SAYERS, R.W., TIPPETT, M.C. AND FIELDS, E.D., 1968, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL AIME MEETING, N.Y.C.
Reference (Production): STEWART, MCKEE, AND STAGER, 1977
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.
