Deposit ID | 10044001 |
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MRDS ID | M231315 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Contention Mine |
Geographic coordinates: | -117.04066, 40.61296 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1722 |
Relative position | 7 MILES WEST OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Nevada | Lander |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Mount Diablo | 032N | 044E | 29 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Copper | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Silver | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcocite | Ore |
Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Chrysocolla | Ore |
Malachite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Pyrrhotite | Ore |
Result | 1927 AND 1928 ORE SHIPMENTS CONTAINED 19.55% AND 12.81% CU RESPECTIVELY |
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Host or associated | Associated | ||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
Rock description | Harmony Formation |
(1) | -117.04066, 40.61296 |
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Type | Description | Terms |
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Regional | Dewitt Thrust Fault | |
Local | "Pebble Dikes" Containing Fragments Of Both Quartz Monzonite Porphyry And Argillite; Displacement Oby Faults (Contention, Dewitt, Kelly And Middleton Faults |
General form | IRREGULAR |
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Strike | N60W |
Dip | 35 TO 50 NE |
Thickness | 24.38M |
Width | 609.6M |
Length | 914.4M |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | <1927 |
Year of first production | <1927 |
District name | Battle Mountain District |
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Ownership category | Private |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231315 |
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
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
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.
STEWART, MCKEE, AND STAGER, 1977
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | CHALCOCITE IN VEINLETS AND DISSEMINTATED; SECONDARILY ENRICHED |
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 |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |