Deposit ID | 10044058 |
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MRDS ID | M231379 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Tomboy Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Tomboy-Minnie |
Geographic coordinates: | -117.12011, 40.52351 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1768 |
Relative position | 15 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV. |
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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 | 31N | 43E | 27,34 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
Silver | Secondary |
Iron | Tertiary |
Zinc | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chalcopyrite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Apatite | Gangue |
Chlorite | Gangue |
Diopside | Gangue |
Epidote | Gangue |
Marcasite | Gangue |
Plagioclase | Gangue |
Pyrite | Gangue |
Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Sericite | Gangue |
Sphalerite | Gangue |
Sphene | Gangue |
Tremolite | Gangue |
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 Stock | ||||
Rock description | Harmony Formation;Copper Canyon Stock | ||||
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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) | -117.12011, 40.52351 |
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Type | Description | Terms |
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Regional | Roberts Mountains Thrust; Dewitt Thrust | |
Local | N-S Striking, Steeply East Dipping Faults |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1900 |
Discoverer | L. Sands, W. Gibson |
Year of first production | 1925 |
Year of last production | 1982 |
Production years | 1925; 1927-28; 1935; 1937-38; 1948-49; 1978-82. |
District name | Battle Mountain District |
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Type | Owner |
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Owner | Battle Mountain Gold Co. |
Year | 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Period | 1978-1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Material | ORE-AU,AG | |||||||||||||||||||||
Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.09 Opt Au, 0.28 Opt Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231379 |
BLAKE, D. W. AND KRETSCHMER, E. L., 1980, GOLD DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, ABSTRACT, AIME PRECIOUS METALS SYMPOSIUM, SPARKS, NEVADA.
BLAKE, D. W., KRETSCHMER, E. L., AND THEODORE, T. G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE COPPER CANYON DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, IN GUIDEBOOK TO MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN, NBMG REPORT 32, P. 45-48.
STEWART, J. H., MCKEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 88.
VANDERBURG, 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7043.
ROBERTS, R. J. AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS BULLETIN 459-B.
JACKSON, D., 1982, HOW DUVAL TRANSFORMED ITS BATTLE MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES FROM COPPER TO GOLD, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 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.
1925-1949 ANNUAL PRODUCTION: ROBERTS, R. J. AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS BULLETIN 459-B. 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 | REFER ALSO TO MINNIE MINE (RECORD #231355). |
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 |