Battle Mountain Gold

The Battle Mountain Gold is a silver and gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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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 Gold
Secondary: Pheonix
Secondary: Reona
Secondary: Fortitude Deposit Depleted
Secondary: Surprise
Secondary: Battle Mountain Copper Basin
Secondary: Copper Canyon Tungsten Deposit
Secondary: Battle Mountain Mine
Secondary: Copper Canyon Mine
Secondary: Battle Mountain-Copper Canyon
Secondary: Battle Mtn Property
Secondary: Copper Basin Mine
Secondary: Battle Mountain Complex

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

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: Other
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Battle Mountain Gold Co.
Company ID: 2600550
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1996

Production

Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 73000 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Silver Production 207000 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 75000 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1990
Description: Au-8024.7 Kg Ag-14276.5 Kg 1152900 Mt/A
Year: 1989
Description: Au-7814.9 Kg Ag-10305.6 Kg 1063100 Mt/A
Year: 1988
Description: Au-7285.6 Kg Ag-21576.6 Kg 1133000 Mt/A
Year: 1987
Description: Au-7939.4 Kg Ag-33563.5 Kg 1007800 Mt/A
Year: 1986
Description: Ore Contains 8.236m/Mt Au 51.436m/Mt Ag 1021000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1985
Description: Dore Bullion Bars 95-96% Au-Ag (Comm) 360000 Metric Tons/Day
Year: 1985
Description: Ore Contains 7.206m/Mt Au 40.806m/Mt Ag 1079000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1984
Description: Ore Contains 2.43 Gm/Mt Au 28.42gm/Mt Ag 1117000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1983
Description: Ore Contains 2.47 Gm/Mt Au 23.28gm/Mt Ag 1171000 Metric Tons/Year
Year: 1982
Description: Same As Above 6 Same As Above
Year: 1981
Description: Same As Above 6 Same As Above
Year: 1980
Description: Same As Above 6 Same As Above
Year: 1979
Description: Same As Above 6 Same As Above
Year: 1996
Description: Silver Production 201000 Tr Oz/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Agglomerate-Carbon Column-Electrowin
Year First Production: 1985
Discovery Year: 1981
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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: Gold
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Apatite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS IS THE MAIN BATTLE MOUNTAIN AREA FILE. IT CONTAINS ALL RESERVE, RESOURCES, AND ADIT DATA (POST 1994) FOR THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD COMPANIES, BATTLE MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES. SEE SEQ# FILES: 0320150780 0320150779 * 0320150162 (REONA MINNING PROJECT) * 0320150102 0320150040 * 0320150348 * 0320150623 * 0320159004 (COPPER CANYON MILL) DATA ON LOCATION AND PAST OWNERSHIP CAN BE FOUND IN THSES FILE SOME OLDER RESERVE/RESOURCES AND PROCESSING DATA AS WELL. TO DECREASE DUPLICATION ALL PROPERTIES EXCEPT THOSE MARKED BY * SHOULD POSSIBLY BE DELETED AND DATA TRANSFERED TO THIS MAIN FILE. MSHA MINES ID 2670250. MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 21.016. USGS ID W016355, W002904, W016351, M030002.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAIN BATTLE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX PROPERTY FILE FOR ADIT DATA. PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE; 12/31/96. ADIT PRODUCTION CAPACITY BASED ON AVERAGE OF 1994 AND 1995 ORE TONNAGE PLACED ON LEACH PAD.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL BMG RESOURCE. 1990 M1C1 = M2C1 + M3C1 + M3C1 FORTITUDE RESOURCE--MILL GRADE (DEPLETED) SURPRISE RESOURCE--MILL GRADE SURPRISE RESOURCE--LEACH GRADE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): REC 5 TOTAL ORE FOR REONA PROJECT (?) BATTLE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX CONTAINED SILVER, 10,769,000 OZ IN 51,263,000 ST ORE, (REF "R" 004).

References

Reference (Deposit): CLEMENT, S. C. MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): DIGEST 11, 1978, PP. 67-78.

Reference (Deposit): COPPER CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. AZ GEOL. SOC.

Reference (Deposit): ALTERATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SULFIDE MINERALIZATION AT

Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, D. W., T. G. THEODORE, AND E. L. KRETSCHMER.

Reference (Deposit): REP. 33, 1979, PP. 878-889.

Reference (Deposit): OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGICAL

Reference (Deposit): LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. PAPER IN PAPERS ON MINERAL DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT,

Reference (Deposit): E. L. KRETCHMER. STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND

Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, D. W., T. G. THEODORE, J. N. BATCHELDER, AND

Reference (Deposit): REPORT 32, 1978, PP. 45-48.

Reference (Deposit): LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE COPPER CANYON DEPOSITS,

Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, D. W., E. L. KRETSCHMER, AND T. G. THEODORE.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. REP. 36, 1983, PP. 3-10.

Reference (Deposit): COPPER CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): PROGRAMMES. V. 136, NO. 6, 1977, PP. 487-501.

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN WORLD. TABLE C - MAJOR NEW PROJECTS AND EXPANSION

Reference (Deposit): R, V. R. WILMARTH, AND E.NDON). MINING ACTIVITY IN THE

Reference (Deposit): 717.

Reference (Deposit): INTERNATIONAL MINERAL NEWS BRIEFS. V. 35, NO. 7, 1983, P.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING (NY). DUVAL CORP. U.S. AND

Reference (Deposit): V. II. AIME, 1981, 263 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 55-59.

Reference (Deposit): . GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE,

Reference (Deposit): PORPHYRY EXPLORATION. WORLD MIN., V. 29, NO. 11, 1976,

Reference (Deposit): NV, 1923, 280 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LOWELL, J. D. TRENDS AND TECHNIQUES IN SOUTHWEST

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,

Reference (Deposit): MINING: DUVAL GETS INDEPENDENT STUDY OF COPPER PROCESS.

Reference (Deposit): IN 1967. V. 167, NO. 7, 1966, P. 100.

Reference (Deposit): MINING: DUVAL EXPECTS FULL PRODUCTION AT NEVADA PROPERTY

Reference (Deposit): NO. 1, 1966, P. 128.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. DUVAL CORP. V. 167

Reference (Deposit): DUVAL CORP. V. 166, NO. 9, 1965, P. 186.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NEWS BRIEFS/NEVADA -

Reference (Deposit): NO. 6, 1983, PP. 48-56.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): GOLD AND SILVER ORES. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 184,

Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, A. LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION TECHNOLOGY FOR

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1356, 1973, 118 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 95, 97, 99.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G. PLACER GOLD DEPOSITS OF NEVADA. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD PRODUCTION. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 183, NO. 10, 1982,

Reference (Deposit): TRANFORMED ITS BATTLE MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES FROM COPPER TO

Reference (Deposit): JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. HOW DUVAL

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MIN. (YEARBOOK), V. 36, NO. 8, 1983, PP. 60-61.

Reference (Deposit): GRACE, K. A. EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN 1982.

Reference (Deposit): P. 134.

Reference (Deposit): TESTING FERRIC CHLORIDE LEACHES. V. 176, NO. 6, 1975,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 7, 1965, PP. 118-119.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. DUVAL AND CYPRUS

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. DUVAL CORP. V. 166,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, D. W., AND E. L. KRETSCHMER. GOLD DEPOSITS AT

Reference (Deposit): GEOL., V. 70, NO. 7, 1975, P. 1318.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO. 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P 4.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD COMPANY 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, P 14.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD COMPANY 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P 12.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO. 1995 FORM 10-K REPORT, PP. 5, 6.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, MARCH 15, 1995, VOL. 106, #11, P11.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, PP. 230, 265.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD COMPANY 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P 19.

Reference (Production): BATTLE MOUNTAIN GOLD CO, 1996 FORM 10-K REPORT, P 4.

Reference (Deposit): LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON.

Reference (Deposit): VARIATIONS IN THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS,

Reference (Deposit): BATCHELDER, J. N., AND D. W. BLAKE. GEOCHEMICAL

Reference (Deposit): VOLUME 2. NO. 1, 1977, PP. 60-70.

Reference (Deposit): CANYON, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL.,

Reference (Deposit): INCLUSION STUDY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT AT COPPER

Reference (Deposit): BATCHELDER, J. N. LIGHT STABLE ISOTOPE AND FLUID

Reference (Deposit): M.S. THESIS, CA STATE UNIV., SAN JOSE, CA, 1973, 92 PP.

Reference (Deposit): FLUID INCLUSIONS AT COPPER CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): BATCHELDER, J. N. A STUDY OF STABLE ISOTOPES AND

Reference (Deposit): MILL EXPANDED BY DUVAL. V. 91, NO. 87, MAY 4, 1983,

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN IRON ORE ASSOCIATION. NEVADA GOLD, SILVER

Reference (Deposit): PP. A1-A24.

Reference (Deposit): VAN DE BURGH, A.S., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-A, 1973,

Reference (Deposit): THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEMISTRY AND POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES OF PLUTONIC ROCKS IN

Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T. G., M. L. SILBERMAN, AND D. W. BLAKE.

Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL., V. 68, NO. 4, 1973, PP. 65-70.

Reference (Deposit): CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC.

Reference (Deposit): COMMUNICATION: GEOCHEMICAL AND FLUID ZONATION AT COPPER

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 798-C, 1978, 85 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T. G., AND J. T. NASH. SCIENTIFIC

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

Reference (Deposit): AND ASSOCIATED SKARNS, COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER

Reference (Deposit): . GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE WEST ORE BODY

Reference (Deposit): SURV. PROF. PAPER 798-B, 1975, PP. B81-B86.

Reference (Deposit): AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT

Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T. G., AND D. B. BLAKE. GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 88, 1977, 106 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J. H., E. H. MCKEE, AND H. K. STAGER.

Reference (Deposit): P. 14.

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAIN, NEVADA PROPERTY. V. 56, NO. 20, 1967,

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. DUVAL STARTS UP BATTLE

Reference (Deposit): REP. 2, 1962, 48 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): DUVAL'S NEW COPPER MINES SHOW COMPLEX GEOLOGIC HISTORY.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 3, 1967, PP. 320-331.

Reference (Deposit): SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPETT, AND E. D. FIELDS.

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. TRANS. SOC. MIN. ENG. AIME, V. 244,

Reference (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER

Reference (Deposit): PP. B41-B490

Reference (Deposit): SAYERS, R. W., M. C. TIPPET, AND E. D. FIELDS. THE

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-B, 1965,

Reference (Deposit): THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,

Reference (Deposit): PP. A1-A93.

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., AND D. C. ARNOLD. ORE DEPOSITS IN

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J. H. AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM

Reference (Deposit): MIN. ENG., V. 20, NO. 3, 1968, PP. 55-62.

Reference (Deposit): V. 173, NO. 5, 1972, P. 24.

Reference (Deposit): P. 35.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96 NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 5, 55.

Reference (Deposit): SILVER AND GOLD NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN. V. 35, NO. 1, 1982,

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; DUVAL DISCOVERS

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN

Reference (Deposit): 30, NO. 8, 1977, PP. 54-61.

Reference (Deposit): SUMMARY OF UNITED STATES UNDERGROUND, OPEN PIT MINES. V.

Reference (Deposit): 1973, 1974, 1975, AND 1976. TABLE IN 1976 REVIEW AND

Reference (Deposit): AND WASTE STRIPPED AT KEY UNITED STATES OPEN PIT MINES IN

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) SHORT TONS OF ORE MINED

Reference (Deposit): PP. 198-199.

Reference (Deposit): MINES IN 1970, 1971, 1972, AND 1973. V. 27, NO. 7, 1974,

Reference (Deposit): MINED AND WASTE STRIPPED AT KEY UNITED STATES OPEN PIT

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). SHORT TONS OF ORE

Reference (Deposit): P. 41.

Reference (Deposit): BATTLE MOUNTAIN PRODUCTION AND COSTS. V. 8, NO. 7, 1972,

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA; DUVAL CORPORATION,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 51-52.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). WHAT'S GOING ON IN

Reference (Deposit): PEAK ORE GRADES, RESERVES, AND COSTS. V. 5, NO. 3, 1969,

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO). ESPERANZA AND ITHACA

Reference (Deposit): IC 7043, 1939, P.22-25

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

Reference (Deposit): ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES,

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-10, 1951, SCALE 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J. ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 10, 1970, PP. 29-31.

Reference (Deposit): PORPHYRY COPPER DISCOVERIES. MIN. CONGR. J., V. 56,

Reference (Deposit): PETERS, W. C. SOME GEOLOGICAL COMPARISONS - RECENT

Reference (Deposit): ASSOC. BULL., V. 8, NO. 2, 1984, P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD-SILVER MINE BOOSTS DUVAL'S NEVADA PRODUCTION. NV MIN.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). FORTITUDE

Reference (Deposit): MIN. ASSOC. BULL., V. 5, NO. 6, 1981, P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): DISCOVERY BOOSTS OPEN PIT GOLD RESERVES IN LANDER. NV

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). DUVAL CORPORATION

Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, 1982, P. 28.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

Reference (Deposit): PP. 385-399.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 66, NO. 3, 1971,

Reference (Deposit): PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT AT COPPER CANYON, NEVADA. ECON.

Reference (Deposit): NASH, J. T., AND T. G. THEODORE. ORE FLUIDS IN THE

Reference (Deposit): V. 138, NO. 4, 1978, PP. 332-339.

Reference (Deposit): SULPHIDE ORES: FROTH FLOTATION REAGENTS - A REVIEW.

Reference (Deposit): MINING MAGAZINE (LONDON). PROCESSING OF COPPER

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 459-A, 1964,

Reference (Deposit): NEW YORK 1964, 108 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. PH.D. DISS., CORNELL UNIVERISTY ITHACA,

Reference (Deposit): COPPER CANYON QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY, BATTLE MOUNTAIN,

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.