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Galena from
Contention mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Contention mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:654515
Long-form Identifier:1:3:654515:4
GUID (UUID V4):29ca37c3-c523-4da2-82a7-9b866f6cfb13
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
0.5km (0.3 miles) Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Carissa pit, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Sweet Marie mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Widow mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) Bentley Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) Buckingham mine (Hardy mine; Bentley mine; O'Leary mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) Midland and Hardy prospect, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Fairview Property, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.0km (1.9 miles) Little Giant mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.6km (2.2 miles) Irish Rose mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Preliminary Geologic Map of the Galena Canyon Quadrangle, Lander County, Nevada by JeffL.Doebrich1 Open-File... Prepared in cooperation with Santa Fe Pacific Mining Inc. under Cooperative Research and Development...MS-176, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, 89557-0047 DESCRIPTION OF MAP UNITS Qd... Tgp Mine dump (Holocene) Present around active and abandoned mining operations in the Copper Canyon...Canyon, Iron Canyon, an Copper Basin areas Flood plain deposits (Quaternary) Includes sand, silt, and clay
Report (issue)
the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 459-B...the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS and D. C. ARNOLD GEOLOGY...GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL Summary of base- SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...and precious-metal deposits in the Battle Mountain mining district UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING..._________________ Battle Formation ____ - ______ -- _____ Antler Peak Limestone______________ Edna Mountain Formation_
Report (issue)
Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PA...MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT AND SURROUNDING AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA FRONTISPIECE. Buckingham area. Group...Molybdenum Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, DAVID W. BlAKE, THOMAS...JOHNSON and a section on SUPERGENE COPPER DEPOSITS AT COPPER BASIN By DAVID W. BLAKE and a section on...GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA U.S. GEOLOGICAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
such basementrocks in the Rocky Mountain states, Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeasternCalifornia. Igneous...illustrationsof Area II-type lead occur in northern Nevada and northeasternWashingtonin a terrane comprisedof...partitioninghasprovento be less volcanicrocksof his Rocky Mountain (or continental definitivethan U/Pb partitioningin...Staceyet al. (1968), Zartmanand Stacey(1971), Rocky Mountain type and Areas II and III cor- Antweileret al...Doe (1967). Becausethe terms, unpublished Rocky Mountain and coastal,are only vaguely de- A. P. Pierce
Report (issue)
INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY., ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist Bulletin 187...research and provide information about exploration. mining. and metallurgical processes that are needed in...Technology Branch J. Brent Hiskey Assistant Director Mining and Mineral Resources Researchlns~tute Orlo E...Affirmative Action Employer. INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA by Stanton B. Keith Geologist...operations still produce copper. The Warren (Bisbee) mining district, which includes this mine, yielded 167,242
Report (issue)
the Antler Peak Quadrangle Humboldt and Lander Counties Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Humboldt and Lander Counties Nevada By RALPH J. ROBERTS, GEOLOGY OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL...regional relations of geologic units in a complex mining district \ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...the Antler Peak quadrangle, Humboldt and Lander Counties, Nevada. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964... in pocket. Bibliography: p. 87-90. 1. Geology-Nevada-Antler Peak quadrangle. I. Title. II. Title: Antler
Journal (issue)
to preserve and promote the unique geologic and mining heritage of Wisconsin while underscoring the importance...jarosite crystals on matrix from the McLean Mine, Esmeralda Co., Nevada. The Martian material was considerably...manufacturer’s standards. NIST Price: $556.00 Hard Rock Mine Waste (SRM 2780a) This Standard Reference Material...analysis used to determine elements in hard rock mine waste and materials of a similar matrix. SRM 2780a...material collected from waste piles of abandoned mine sites in the mountains of central Colorado. A unit
Report (issue)
MEGABRECCIA OF THE BIG TEN PEAK CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA by William J. Keith OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-21... MEGABRECCIA OF THE BIG TEN PEAK CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA Contents Abstract ...........................location of the Big Ten Peak caldera in Nye County, Nevada. ............................................ ABSTRACT The Big Ten Peak caldera in northern Nye County, Nevada, is a resurgent-type Tertiary caldera whose...megabreccia blocks are mineralized with argentiferous galena, sphalerite, and pyrite, but the mineralization
Report (volume)
BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND.GRAND WASH CLIFFS MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZOiNA BY F. C. SCHRADER WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT... Colorado Plateau_______________________ Great Basin province__________...______________ 17 17 Drainage...__ .___ 44 Mining districts._____________ ______.____ ___ 45 Production of Mohave County._____________...Introduction _______________________________ 49 Chloride district-______________________________ 51 I vocation ______________...Tennessee mine _____________________._ 54' Schuylkill mine____________________________ 57 Elkhart mine _______:
Report (volume)
101... frcv valley-fill gravel to the east. Basin-and-range-associated tectonism during the Miocene...conspicuous basin-and-range fault sets trend east-west, northwest, and northeast within the district. Hawkins...northeast- and northwest-trending faults during the basin-and-range event. The Snow Canyon fault, one of the...scale east-west-trending faults in the Enfield Bell mine are are the Marlboro Canyon, Bell, and Ridge faults...upper- and lower-plate rocks in the Jerritt Canyon district is thought to be a high-angle fault. Exposure
Report (issue)
migrational events as presented hi papers on eastern Nevada, Utah, and Idaho (9,10,12). Figure 1. Map showing...Horizontal to bedding na Stylolite orientation na Galena, pyrite, chalcopyrite Pyrite Major pyrite Major... na Mineral assemblage in stylolite Deformed galena at upper surface of stylolite Barite shows vertical...MINERALIZED VEINS IN CHAMPAGNE CREEK AREA, BUTTE COUNTY, IDAHO BETTY A. SKIPP, Branch of Central Regional...Creek area is a subdistrict of the Lava Creek mining district (fig. 1). Silver was produced from the subdistrict
Report (volume)
..................................... Official mining districts........................................................................... Lake City district.................................................................... Ore deposits of Lake City district....................................... The lodes...rosite group........................... Quartz-galena-sphalerite group............................................................................... Galena...............................................
Book
DEPOSIT. ^ jflnzona mining Directory A DIRECTORY OF Arizona^s Mines^ Mining Districts Owners or...or Operators AND POSTOFFICE ADDRESSES (Yavapai County) Copyright RUSSELL H. J 903 MILLWARD PRESCOTT...PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Published by The Arizona Mining Directory Prescott, Arizona Price $2.50 '-^ '...#;^ XXc. No. a. PREFACE Yavapai, the treasure county of Arizona, has developed beyond the speculative...operators than to this county a greater is October 298 1, were 1876, of mining locations Hinton, the
Journal (issue)
[evenings by appointment only] WULFENITE — RED CLOUD MINE (ED OVER SPECIMEN KEHA Wayne and Dona Leicht, 332...Rosenzweig Tampa, Florida Richard W. Thomssen Reno, Nevada photography Nelly Bariand Paris, France Werner...copyright 1980 @ Articles The Defiance mine and vicinity, Cochise County, Arizona ..............203 by J. R............................211 The C. & B. mine, Gila County, Arizona .......................................213 by J. A. Crowley The Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona ..............................219
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
COOKES PEAK Mining District Luna County New Mexico PHILIP SIMMONS 11816 Harrington Road SE Albuquerque...from the north at the campsite near the Surprise mine showing the typical terrain and vegetation of the...HE COOKES PEAK MOUNTAIN RANGE has been part of a long history of silver-lead-zinc mining in southern New...range, amid the historic Cookes Peak district, are three smaller mining subdistricts: the Cookes Peak (Cooks... and Old Hadley subdistricts. The Cookes Peak district has produced more than sixty valid mineral species
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona...ARIZONA MINERAL DEPOSITS Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related and Other Hydrothermal Deposits...Deposits 63 The Bisbee District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St...Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll
Report (issue)
Director G. H. RQSEVEARE, Metallurgist G. R. FANSETT, Mining/Engineer ELDRED ,D. WILSON, Geologist 'J.W. ANTHONY...13 13 13 14 15 17 CHAPTER n.-BISBEE OR WARREN DISTRICT. By Wm. G. Hogue and Eldred D. Wilson................................ History of Lead and Zinc Mining..................................................Eastern Part of District ........................ Lead and Zinc in Western Part of District................29 29 29 CHAPTER nI.-JOHNSON CAMP AREA, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA. By John R. Cooper ..................
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...and Second Editions PART 2 HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish...Porphyry Copper Deposits 57 Porphyry-Copper-Related and Other Hydrothermal Deposits The Bisbee District, Cochise...Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: The Cameron Area 85 Breccia
Book
cultural Tombstone Club. Time proved that Rawhide, Nevada, had existed more on promotion, flamboyancy and...Charleston...7; Chloride...11; Cleator...12; Contention City...15; Crown King...17; Dos Cabezas...20;...Lajitas...141; Shafter...143; Terlingua... 152 NEVADA Aurora...159; Austin...164; Belmont...165; Berlin...176; Dayton...178; Eureka...179; Fairview... 180; Galena...181; Genoa...182; Gold Hill...187; Goldfield... example Colorado’s of this is Kokomo, early mining Colorado. days with a newer metal Here is
Report (volume)
Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board 1112-G Geology and Mineral Deposits...Geological Survey Board and the Colorado Metal Mining Fund Board UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING...underground workings in area between Silver Lake Basin and Bridal Veil Canyon. 19. Geologic maps of some...of some mines along Bear Creek and in La Junta Basin. 21. Geologic maps of some mines on the north side...Suffolk mine and Staatsburg Basin_-_-__------__------26. Map showing property boundaries and mine workings
Book
ath IO wns : POEL eieeet be eas, NN 419-3 Nevada; a 03 G ps 127)oO to the Silver state The...DUE TTT JA S = * aint Demgo = en ae NEVADA A Guide to the Silver State mv DA A GUIDE...the Work Projects Administration in the State of Nevada aa AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES LPR US BATENS = BY...PACIFIC Sponsored by Dr. Jeanne Elizabeth Wier, Nevada State Historical Society, Inc. FORDS & MORT :... COPYRIGHT, 1940, BY NEVADA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1940 THE NEVADA STATE HISTORICAL
Book
enter must be obtained to prevent trespass. Old mine workings are dangerous and entering underground...oFtne ato aa Gem Ghd nQkTeane Uva a nes ly ia" mine Ui nrobs inesob cere ts ou ioe tok us 'aaieomolitt...rift that extends from Mexico along the Rocky Mountain Front to possibly the North Slope of Alaska. In...exception of the rhodochrosites of the Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, which were loaned for photography...and the Central Mining District, Grant County Burro Mountains Apache No, 2 District Lake Valley Caballo
Report (issue)
aspects of the SierritaEsperanza copper-molybdenum deposit, Pima County, Arizona, in Jenney, J. P., and...Hauck, H. R., eds., Proceedings of the porphyry copper symposium: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v...Alexis, C. 0., 1939, Geology of the Lead Mountain area, Pima County, Arizona [M.S. thesis]: Tucson, University..., 1920, The southern section of the Amole mining district: Arizona Bureau of Mines Bulletin 106, p. 19-25...Report on the Loma Prieta mine (copper and molybdenum), Copper Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona: U.S. Geological
Book
Pale-blue turquois; Gove Turquois mine, near Cottonwood, San Bernardino County, Cal. Fie. . Turquois matrix;...Turquois mine, m Nye County, near Millers, Nev. Fia. Turquois matrix; Weber mine, Belmont, Nye County, Nev...Azure mine, Burro Mountains, N. Mex. Fic. . Cobweb turquois matrix; Southwest Turquois Co. mine, Mineral...Myers and Bona Turquois mine, 13 miles north of west of Millers, Esmeralda County, Nev. -7. Split veinlet...student at Yale University; Los Angeles Gem Co. mine, Mineral Park, Ariz. Fia. Fi. Fic. Fic. Fic. ia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
reserves. THE NEGLECTED MINE, E. B. ECKEL LA PLATA AND F. W. DISTRICT, COLORADO.* GALBRAITH. ...vertically, trend northerly and carry sphalerite, galena, and pyrite. Gold was panned from some of the better...placeson the Ohio River. METHODS OF CONSTRUCTING IN MINING T. B. NOLAN BLOCK DIAGRAMS .FOR USE GEOLOGY...in making isometric block diagrams of mines and mining SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC I95 GEOLOGISTS. districts...neglectedmethod of geological illustration. Plotting mine workings on isometric paper is the most exact method
 
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