The Battle Mountain District is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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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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Battle Mountain District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Battle Mountain District
Secondary: Copper Canyon
Secondary: Copper Basin
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: BATTLE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: REPLACEMENT, VEIN, DISSEMINATIONS, FRACT. FILL., SECONDARY ENRICHMENT BODIES
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: DEWITT THRUST, GOLCONDA THRUST
Type: L
Description: 2 SETS N-S TO NW-TRENDING, FAULTS
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SILICIFICATION
Alteration Text: SILICIC, POTASSIC, PHYLLIC, PROPYLITIC
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
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: AIME ANNUAL MEETING PAPER, N.Y.
Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, D. W., KRETSCHMER, E. L., 1980, GOLD DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON, LANDER CO., NEV., ABSTRACT, PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM, AIME, SPARKS, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, H. J., MC KEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
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.
