Nevada · Lander County
Plant

Battle Mountain Copper Basin

Lander County, Nevada, United States
CopperGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1897
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10295563
Alternate namesCopper Canyon Mine - Duval Corp., Copper Canyhon Tungsten Deposit, Copper Basin Mine - Duval Corp.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.5041, -117.16905
References
ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL, THIS MONTH IN MINING: DUVALEXPECTS FULL PRODUCTION AT NEVADA PROPERTY IN 1967, V167,#7, 1966, P100.GILMOUR, P., GRADES AND TONNAGES OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITSPAPER IN, ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPERDEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, ED. BY, S.R. TITLEYUNIV. AIR. PRESS, TUCSON,AZ, 1982, P14.ROBERTS, R.J. & D.C. ARNOLD, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ANTLER PEAKQUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT & LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PP#459-B, 1965, PP. B1-B94.THEODORE, T.G., D.W. BLAKE & E.L. KRECHMER, GEOLOGY OF THECOPPER CANYON DEPOSITS, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, PAPER IN,ADVANCE IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS,SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, ED. BY S.R. TITLEY, UNIV AIRPRESS, TUCSON AZ, 1982, PP. 543-550.TIPPETT, M.C., THE GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER BASIN ORE DEPOSTISLANDER CONTY, NEVADA, MS THESES, UNIV. NEV, RENO, NEV,1967, 30PPVAN DENBURGH, A.S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS INLANDER COUNTY, NEFVADA, BUREAU OF MINES IC7043, 1939, 83P.STEWART, J.H., E.H. MCKEE, & H.K. STAGER, GEOLOGY OF MINERALDEPOSTIS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINESAND GEOLOGY, BULLT 88, 1977, 106PP.THEODORE, T.G. & J.N. BATCHELDER, STABLE ISOTOPES & GEOLOGYOF THE COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOCIETY OFECONOMIC GEOLOGIST, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY BULLT. V71, #3, 1976,PAGE 703.SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V 56, #20, 1967, P14.SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW, V 68, #3, 1979, P8.GEOLOGY AND CHECHEMISTRY OF THE WEST ORE BODY AND ASSOCIATEDSKARNS, COPPER CANYON PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, LANDERCOUNTY, NEVADA, USGS PP# 798-C, 1978, 85PP.SAYERS, R.W., M.C. TIPPETT, & E.D. FIELDS, MININGENGINEERING, VOL20, #3, 1968, PP. 55-62.