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Widow Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044071
MRDS ID M231396
Record type Site
Current site name Widow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0365, 40.60684 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 6 MILES WEST 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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 800 FT. SOUTH OF SWEET MARIE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0365, 40.60684
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Dewitt Thrust Fault
Local Faults, Widow Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 45-55NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone Restricted Downward Movement Of Cu Rich Spolutions, To Form The Ore Bodies In Favorable Beds.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231396

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 QUARDRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.

  • Deposit

    AYERS, R.W., TIPPETT, M.C. AND FIELDS, E.D., 1968, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT COPPER CANYON AND COPPER BASIN, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: AIME PAPER DELIVERED AT ANNUAL MEETING IN NYC

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATORY WORK ON THE CLAIMS WAS CONDUCTED FROM 1917 TO 1923. WITH NO RECORDED PRODUCTION UNTIL 1927. PRODUCTION WAS SPORADIC UNTIL 1945. WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 200-FT SHAFT WITH WORKINGS ON THE 150 AND 200-FT LEVELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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