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Sweet Marie Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044057
MRDS ID M231377
Record type Site
Current site name Sweet Marie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03538, 40.60907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 7 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 32,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1400 FT SE OF CONTENTION OREBODY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MALACHITE, AZURITE, CHRYSOCOLLA(UPPER WORKINGS), CHALCOCITE BELOW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic, Pyritic, Leaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03538, 40.60907
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding, Ne-Trending Faults, Nw Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip 25W
    Thickness 91.44M
    Width 243.84M
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sweet Marie Fault Zone Restricted The Downward Movement Of Copper-Bearing Solutions To Form The Ore Deposit In Favorable Beds.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TOTAL THROUGH 1954 TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT 23,038 TONS ORE AVERAGING 9.22% CU, 0.006 OZ/TON AU; 27 OZ/TON AG, WITH A SMELTER VALUE OF $468,193.00 (SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD PRODUCED, AS WELL)

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MUCH OBLITERATED BY RECENT OPEN-PIT EXCAVATION

Comments on development

  • EARLY PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED, BUT MUCH OXIDE ORE WAS OPEN-PIT MINED. PRODUCTION WAS GREATER THAN ALL OTHER COPPER BASIN MINES COMBINED (PRIOR TO DUVAL'S OPEN PIT). LITTLE ACTIVITY FROM 1930-1943

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231377

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • 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

  • Deposit

    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 AIME ANNUAL MEETING, NYC

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECONDARY ENRICHMENT, WHERE THE SWEET-MARIE FAULT RESTRICTED THE DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF COPPER-BEARING SOLUTIONS TO FAVORABLE BEDS.
Deposit PRODUCTION FROM THE SWEET MARIE MINE WAS PROBABLY. GREATER THAN THAT OF ALL OTHER COPPER BASIN AREA MINES (PRIOR TO DUVAL'S OPEN PITS). EARLY PRODUCTION WAS NOT ACCURATELY RECORDED, BUT MUCH OXIDIZED ORE WAS MINED FROM AN OPEN PIT. LITTLE ACTIVITY FROM 1930 TO 1943. WORKINGS ARE EXTENSIVE, BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND, ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE OLD WORKINGS HAS BEEN OBLITERATED BY MORE RECENT OPEN-PIT EXCAVATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: ABOUT EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology