Mine detail: Battle Mountain District

Previously called 'Copper CanyonCopper Basin'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.6166, -117.05424

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Discovery year:	1866

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	FISSURES, WIDE SHEAR ZONES, REPLACEMENT
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1868

Geology

Structure:	DIKES IN HIGH-ANGLE FAULTS, N, NW AND W (EO-OLIG) ORE-BEARING FAULTS N-S, DIP W, NORMAL, YOUNGER, ANTLER THRUSTING; GOLCONDA THRUST
Alteration processes:	OXIDATION NEAR SURFACE: HYDROTHERMAL

References

MRDS	W002904
DEP	60001659
Reference	{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONN. MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 7043, 83 P.}{Deposit:: HILL, J M 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIF AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL. 594, 200 P P. 64-91}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610 P. 183-184}{Deposit:: ROBERTS ET AL, 1971, GOLD BEARING DEP. IN NEV AND IDAHO: ECON GEOL V. 66 NO 1 P. 22-3.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. ANDRNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUAD, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER CO, NEV; USGS PROF. PAPER 459-B P. 1-94.}{Deposit:: HAGUE, A. AND EMMONS, S.F. 1877, DESCRIPTIVE GEOLOGY: US GEOL. EXPLOR. 40TH PARALLEL (KING) V 2, P. 666-72.}