Deposit ID | 10044036 |
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MRDS ID | M231355 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Minnie Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Tomboy-Minnie Mine |
Geographic coordinates: | -117.1165, 40.52546 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1768 |
Relative position | 15 MILES SW 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 | 031N | 043E | 27 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Arsenic | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Actinolite | Gangue |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Clay | Gangue |
Marcasite | Gangue |
Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
Sphalerite | Gangue |
Tremolite | Gangue |
Result | H. B. CHESSHER, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY C. 1965, STATED THAT A SMALL ORE BLOCK HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AVERAGING 0.15 OPT AU. |
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Model code | 59 |
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USGS model code | 18b |
Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
Mark3 model number | 8 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
Rock unit name | Harmony Formation;Copper Canyon Granodiorite | ||
Rock description | Harmony Formation;Copper Canyon Granodiorite | ||
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Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
Rock unit name | Battle Formation |
Rock description | Battle Formation; |
(1) | -117.1165, 40.52546 |
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Type | Description | Terms |
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Regional | Golconda Thrust | |
Local | N-S Trending Faults; Nw-Trending Faults |
General form | IRREGULAR |
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Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | <1942 |
Discovery method | Ore-Mineral In Place |
Year of first production | <1942 |
Year of last production | 1982 |
Production years | PRE-1942; 1978-1982 |
District name | Battle Mountain District |
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Ownership category | Private |
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Type | Operator |
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Owner | Duval Corp. (Now Battle Mountain Gold Co.) |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Battle Mountain Gold Co. |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231355 |
ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS BULL. 459-B.
BLAKE, D.W., AND KRETSCHMER, E.L., 1980, GOLD DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON, LANDER CO, NEV.; ABSTRACT; AIME PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM, RENO, NEV.
BLAKE, D.W., KRETSCHMER, E.L., AND THEODORE, T.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE COPPER CANYON DEPOSITS, LANDER CO, NEV; IN GUIDEBOOK TO MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 32, P.45-48.
STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL, BULL. 88.
VANDERBURG, 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7043.
JACKSON, D., 1982, HOW DUVAL TRANSFORMED ITS BATTLE MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES FROM COPPER TO GOLD, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 183, NO. 10, P. 95-99.
THEODORE, T. G., HOWE, S. S., BLAKE, D. W., AND WOTRUBA, P. R., 1986, GEOCHEMICAL AND FLUID ZONATION IN THE SKARN ENVIRONMENT AT THE TOMBOY-MINNIE GOLD DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, VOL. 25, P. 99-128.
THEODORE, T. G., 1971, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COPPER CANYON AREA, BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 71-282.
THEODORE, T. G., HOWE, S. S., AND BLAKE, D. W., 1990, THE TOMBOY-MINNIE GOLD DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS BULL. 1857E, P. E43-E55.
1978-1982 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: THEODORE, T. G., HOWE, S. S., BLAKE, D. W., AND WOTRUBA, P. R., 1986, GEOCHEMICAL AND FLUID ZONATION IN THE SKARN ENVIRONMENT AT THE TOMBOY-MINNIE GOLD DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, VOL. 25, P. 99-128.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 4 ADITS AND SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
Deposit | REFER ALSO TO TOMBOY MINE (RECORD #231379). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-DEC-1980 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
Updater | 01-OCT-1992 | Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |