Mine detail: Trenton Canyon Porphyry Molybdenum Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63096, -117.18511

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Molybdenite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	pluton-related, porphyry molybdenum
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	monzogranite of Trenton Canyon
Host type:	Granite
Structure:	The Roberts Mountain Thrust fault and the Golconda Thrust fault both affect rocks in the region of the prospect. Mesozoic structural and magmatic events in the Battle Mountain mining district included formation of a northwest-striking structural fabric, including faults and broad open folds, and emplacement of Late Cretaceous granodioritic to monzogranitic stocks at Trenton Canyon.

References

DEP	10310569
Reference	{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-206A, 33 p.; 98-206B. one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Doebrich, J.L., 1995, Geology and mineral deposits of the Antler Peak 7.5-minute quadrangle, Lander County, Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 109, 44 p.}{Deposit:: Geological Society of Nevada; 1996 fall field trip guidebook, geology and ore deposits of northwestern Nevada; Trenton Canyon Project, Long Tree Mine, Getchell Mine, Twin Creeks Mine, Florida Canyon Mine (DeLong, Richard, editor) ; GSN Special Publication No. 24.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., LaPointe D. D.