Battle Creek Mine (Noonday Mine; High Ore Mine; Bowring Mine; Friday Mine; Crescent Mine; Ruby Valley Mine; Galenite claims; Battle Creek group; BC claims), Ruby Valley Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 30' 14'' North , 115° 22' 56'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lamoille | 105 (2011) | 26.2km |
| Spring Creek | 12,361 (2011) | 30.1km |
| Elko | 20,279 (2017) | 48.6km |
| Osino | 709 (2011) | 53.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
41534
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:41534:8
GUID (UUID V4):
4fce5c2f-f93c-4a92-8449-e75de8a7a63c
Structure: N15 W. Fissure
Alteration: Skarn-Silication
Deposit: Lenses of lime silicate rock formed parallel to bedding along or near intrusive contact. This group of mines/claims covers the areg of s.side of mouth of battle creek: myers creek. This group of claims (9) also is known As the friday group. Production from these claims is recorded intermittently, from 1908-1955. The main workings are a 400' adit in limestone (monbolized) and an open cut main ore minerals are galena, copper carbonates; cerusite, anglesite As coatings on galena; sphalerite, lenses of lime silicate rock pemmed parallel with the bedding, along or near the intrusive contact. The friday group was located in 1906 and acquired by the friday gold mining co. The crescent workings are about 1/4 mile e. Of the adit, and consist of a shallo W shaft on a vertical fracture trending n.15 deg w. Cutting crystalline white limestone and lime silicate rock. Copper carbonates are minor along this fissure--specks of bornite, production of varying amounts is recorded for the battle creek group-friday battle creek tungsten mine--see separate sheet. This highest one grade shipped from the battle creek group since 1949 was65% lead, and 14.2% zinc, and 1.3 oz silver from the noonday mine mica was minedfrom the ruby valley claim by c.w. Kennedy in 1939-41. ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Deposit type: Skarn Zn-Pb
Development: 9 claims; intermittent production from 1908 to 1955. Mica was mined from the ruby valley claim by c.w. Kennedy in 1939-1941
Geology: N65w, 50 s W of dipping "vein" in replacement zone in coarse grained white marble, pegmatites parallel "vein", vein is composed of quartz pale green tremolite, calcite, lots of sphalerite, galena, calcite crystals in vugs along fractures parallel to strike-maybe 5'-10' wide, weak skarn zone w/pegmatite along margins.
Ore(s): Intrusive Contact
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
12 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| β 'Chlorite Group' |
| β Diopside Formula: CaMgSi2O6 |
| β Galena Formula: PbS |
| β Hemimorphite Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O References: |
| β Phlogopite Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| β Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
| β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| β Tremolite Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| β | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Hemimorphite | 9.BD.10 | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 Β· H2O |
| β | Diopside | 9.DA.15 | CaMgSi2O6 |
| β | Tremolite | 9.DE.10 | β»Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| β | Phlogopite | 9.EC.20 | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10104030 |
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