Deposit ID | 10109769 |
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MRDS ID | M231405 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Kattenhorn Mine |
Geographic coordinates: | -116.83316, 40.41908 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 2134 |
Relative position | 20 MILES SSE 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 | 029N | 046E | 05 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Antimony | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Lead | Secondary |
Zinc | Secondary |
Iron | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Marcasite | Ore |
Pyrargyrite | Ore |
Stibnite | Ore |
Result | SOME ORE RAN AS HIGH AS 3000 OZ. AG PER TON |
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Model code | 85 |
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USGS model code | 22c |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
Mark3 model number | 46 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||||
Rock unit name | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
Rock description | Quartz Monzonite Porphyry | ||||||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
Rock unit name | Quartzite |
Rock description | Quartzite |
(1) | -116.83316, 40.41908 |
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Type | Description | Terms |
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Regional | Roberts Mtn. Thrust At Depth | |
Local | N45w |
Dip | 50SW |
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Thickness | 0.76M |
Development status | Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1882 |
Discovery method | Ore-Mineral In Place |
District name | Hilltop |
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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 | M231405 |
STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88, PT II
VANDERBURG, W. O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV: U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7043
GILLULY, J. & GATES, O., 1965, TECTONIC AND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, NEV., WITH SECION ON ECON. GEOL. BY K. KETNER: USGS PROF. PAPER 465.
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | THREE QUARTZ VEINS, 6 TO 30 IN. THICK. TEXTURE OF ORE HERE INDICATES STIBNITE WAS SHATTERED AFTER DEPOSITION AND INTERSTICES BETWEEN GRAINS WERE FILLED WITH MARCASITE. |
Deposit | PROSPECTORS DISCOVERED GOLD IN MAYSVILLE CANYON IN 1882. DEVELOPMENT OF KATTENHORN CONSISTS OF SIX ADITS AND OTHER WORKINGS TOTALLING SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET. IN 1880'S, THE MINE WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO HUNTINGTON GRINDING UNITS AND FOUR AMALGAMATING PANS. IT CLOSED IN 1890, TO REOPEN FROM 1913 TO 1923. ; 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 |