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Arsenopyrite from
Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Arsenopyrite
Formula:FeAsS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Arsenopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Basin Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:716684
Long-form Identifier:1:3:716684:6
GUID (UUID V4):0c79eb36-1100-43fa-b42b-709a7d081101
Nearest other occurrences of Arsenopyrite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Contention mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Carissa pit, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
0.6km (0.4 miles) Widow mine, Copper Basin, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.4km (2.1 miles) Little Giant mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
3.9km (2.4 miles) Mizpah mine (Burridge mine; Irish Rose mine), Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Irish Rose mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
4.4km (2.8 miles) Golden Era group, Battle Mountain Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
10.4km (6.5 miles) East Copper pit, Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) Copper Canyon mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
11.5km (7.2 miles) Fortitude mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
THE ELDER CREEK PORPHYRY COPPER SYSTEM, BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA by Natalya Gostyayeva...THE ELDER CREEK PORPHYRY COPPER SYSTEM, BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA by Natalya Gostyayeva,...allochthon near the northeast edge of the Battle Mountain Mining District. Synchronously with emplacement of...alteration affected rocks belonging to the porphyry copper system in an area approximately 5-km wide that...brines enriched with various base metals (including copper, lead, and zinc), as well as barium and other minor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
section on Periods of Plutonism in North-Central Nevada MILES L. SILBERMAN AND EDWIN H. MCKEE Abstract...significant production in only one district, Battle Mountain (Copper Canyonand CopperBasin), where cal...chalcopyrite,pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite,sphalerite, and galena was mined as copper-gold ore. Base-metal replacement...occurat Eur4ka (silver-gold-leadzinc) and Copper Canyon (copper-goldand zinc-lead-silver). Peripheral gold-silver...gold-silver depositsoccur at Eureka and Copper Canyon. Disseminatedgold depositssuchas Carlin, Cortez
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_
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralization at the Lone Tree Mine, Battle Mountain District, Nevada Elizabeth A. Holley,1,† Justin...Michael J. Pribil3 1Department 2Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois...located in the northern Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada. Prior to mine closure in 2006, Santa...Wayne zone. The ore is located between the Roberts Mountain and Golconda thrusts in siliciclastic rocks of...and in the Pennsylvanian-Permian Battle Mountain and Edna Mountain Formations, and above the Golconda
Thesis/Dissertation
Distribution of the Buffalo Valley Gold Deposit, Battle Mountain, Nevada by Kathryn Sechrist A Prepublication Manuscript...is one of many midTertiary gold-(copper) deposits in northern Nevada that contains porphyry dikes fringed...Not far from the deposit there are a number of copper-poor Carlin-type deposits without skarn. The Buffalo...on west-central edge of Battle Mountain. The Buffalo Valley, Phoenix (Copper Canyon, Fortitude), and...porphyry-related skarn deposits in the greater Battle Mountain area that are related to intrusions. Buffalo
Report (issue)
Geochemistry of the Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada GEOLOGICAL...Geochemistry of the Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposit and Surrounding Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G....GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...and stratigraphic features of the mining district Geology of the Copper Canyon area ......................-··-·····-·-········-·--·-···--··············· Battle Formation ··········-···---·······---···-·-··-
Report (volume)
BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...BULLETIN 594 SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA BY JAMES M. HILL...of metallization 23 Silver-lead deposits 2 25 2 Copper deposits 26 Deposits of the early Tertiary ( ?)...of the ore deposits 2 27 30 Mining districts 2 Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal 2 30 30 Location and accessibility...filling 3 42 CONTENTS. Mining districts—Continued. Hayden Hill, Lassen County, Cal.—Continued. Ore deposits—Continued
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA Peer Hen By CASTOR oan eGORY.C.oFER DOCK NEVADA AND BUREAU... UNIVERSITY Reno & Las Vegas OF NEVADA PRESS GEOLOGY Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2004 by University of Nevada Press Photographs...otherwise noted Map of Mining Districts and significant mineral occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castor, Stephen B, Minerals of Nevada / Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.— Ist
Report (issue)
Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California...Ludington3 Open-File Report 96-712 1996 1 Reno, Nevada 89557 2 Denver, Colorado 80228 3 Menlo Park, California...Canada 7 U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445 This report is preliminary and has not been........................................ Porphyry copper (molybdenum) deposits (models 17, 21a of Cox and......................................16 Porphyry copper-gold deposits (model 20c of Cox and Singer, 1986)
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF NEVADA MINERALS OF NEVADA STEPHEN B. CASTOR and G R EGOR Y C . F E R D OC K l NEVADA BUREAU...association with the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special...University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright© 2004 by Uni versity of Nevada Press Photographs...Districts and si gnificant minernl occurrences of Nevada by Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology All rights reserved...-Publ ication Dat,i Castor, Stephen B. Minerals of Nevada/ Stephen B. Castor and Gregory C. Ferdock.- rst
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
385-399 Ore Fluids in the Porphyry Copper Deposit at Copper Canyon,Nevada J. Ti•oMAsNAsa ANt) Abstract The...low-gradecopperand gold depositat CopperCanyon,Lander County, Xevada, formedin the contactmetasomatic environmentadjacentto...and disseminatedchalcopyrite-pyrite-pyrrhotite-arsenopyrite mineralization, with lesser amountsof gold,...geochemical(Theodore, 1969) examinationof the district. Attempts have been made to documentthe range...appreciablylessdense. Apparently,metal zonation in the district is related to the fluid zonation. The CopperCanyonopen-pitmine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
31 December 2014 NEVADA MINERAL STEVEN PULLMAN 1755 Circle Drive NW Reno, Nevada 89509 RICHARD THOMSSEN...THOMSSEN P.O. Box 1656 Carson City, Nevada 89702 Map showing Nevada counties, by William W.Besse. N evada...minerals new to the state being identified every year. Nevada is one of the few western states without a published...Friends of Mineralogy, and especially the Great Basin Chapter, for their foresight and enthusiasm in initiating...Clark County. Walt Lombard0 specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Churchill County Chalk Mountain District Chalk
Report (issue)
Re-examination of rock geochemistry in the Copper Canyon area, Lander County, Nevada by Boris B. Kotlyar, Ted G. Theodore... RE-EXAMINATION OF ROCK GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE COPPER CANYON AREA, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA by Boris B. Kotlyar, Ted G. Theodore...geochemistry from an approximately 16-km2 area at Copper Canyon, Nev., reveals a number of striking relations...many as 10 deposits in a skarn-related porphyry copper environment that includes the world-class Fortitude...approximately 2 million oz Au between 1984 and 1993. The Copper Canyon area is inferred to have included a geologic
Report (issue)
Trip 3: Great"Basin Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits: Yerington, Robinson, Hall, Bingham Canyon October, 1994... L Bootprints Along the Cordillera' Porphyry Copper Deposits from Alaska to Chile Dear Field Trip...of the Arizona Geological society, society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., and the U. s...We also want to thank collectively, all of the mining companies and staff who graciously allowed us to...MINERALIZATION ALONG THE 1-80 CORRIDOR, RENO TO BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEVADA R. Cuffney, R. Atkinson and R. Buffa Revised
Report (issue)
Chapter E Gold in Porphyry Copper Systems Gold in the Bingham District, Utah By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold...the Butte District, Montana By EDWIN W. TOOKER Gold in the Ely (Robinson) Copper District, White Pine...Pine County, Nevada By LAURENCE P.JAMES The Tomboy-Minnie Gold Deposits at Copper Canyon, Lander County...County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE, STEPHEN S. HOWE, and DAVID W. BLAKE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1857...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gold in porphyry copper systems. p. cm. (Geology and resources of gold
Report (volume)
sections of Au-skarn deposits in north-central Nevada 8 Map showing distribution of Au-skarn districts...zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...five Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of pyroxene...three Au-bearing skarn systems in north-central Nevada 17 Photomicrograph showing massive garnet partly...skarns 22 Graphs showing gold grade compared with copper grade and silver grade 23 Contents Ill TABLES
Report (issue)
HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS ALONG THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN-EUREKA, NEVADA MINERAL BELT USING LANDSAT IMAGES ......... 18 10 | i ! Copper Canyon. .................... 18 Copper Basin ..................... 18...COLOR-RATIO COMPOSITE IMAGE . . . . ..... 32 Battle Mountain. ................ ..... 33 Topographic Effects...OF FIGURES 3 Figure 1 - Index map of the Great Basin physiographic province. 4 Figure 2 - Map of the...areas of s- 5 hydrothermal alteration along the Battle Mount a in -Eureka e mineral belt ..........
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
Book
f. MIMING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN i r r i i ; %■... ; 'jxt . 1 — \ MINING DISTRICTS and MINERAL RESOURCES of NEVADA by FRANCIS CHURCH LINCOLN...LINCOLN 0 ll ; RENO NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1923 PREFACE Earlier Works. The object of...infor­ mation concerning the mining districts and mineral resources of Nevada. No comprehensive work of...peared for a number of years. In the early days of Nevada min­ ing, from 1866 to 1878, the field was covered
Report (issue)
Associated Skarns, Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposits, Lander County, Nevada GE0 L0 GICAL SU RVEY...Associated Skarns, Copper Canyon Porphyry Copper Deposits, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE and...GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER ENVIRONMENT IN THE BATTLE MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...____ __ ____ ____ __ ______ General geology of the Copper Canyon deposits ______________ Geology of the west...sampling-----------------------------Geographic variations of copper, gold, silver, and some other metals _________
Report (volume)
Gold in Jasperoid, Elephant Head Area, Lander County, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2009 Geochemistry...Gold in Jasperoid, Elephant Head Area, Lander County, Nevada By TED G. THEODORE and GAIL M. JONES U...gold in jasperoid, Elephant Head area, Lander County, Nevada I Ted G. Theodore and Gail M. Jones. p....ores-Geology-Nevada-Lander County. 2. JasperoidNevada-Lander County. 3. Geochemistry-Nevada-Lander County. I....Geologic map of the Elephant Head area, Lander County, Nevada In pocket FIGURES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7
Report (issue)
1987 INTRODUCTION A significant proportion of mining industry's interest in the last few years has been...discovery of deposits such as Battle Mountain Gold Company's Fortitude deposit, Nevada and Experanza Exploration's...Columbia; Salsigne, France; Pamlico, Nevada; Red Cloud, Nevada; Island Copper, British Columbia; Ban Na Lorn...Bi-bearing skarns (Stormant) are known in the Moina Mining District, Tasmania, Australia, which is largely known...R. Wotruba of Battle Mountain Gold Company; and Edward I. Bloomstein of Santa Fe Mining. GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION
Report (issue)
MANAGEMENT'S WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT AND SURPRISE RESOURCE AREA, NORTHWEST NEVADA AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0047 2U.S. Geological Survey, Unit...Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, an area covering 13.5 million acres in northwest Nevada and...Conservation Area), and the impact of mine dewatering on drainage basin groundwater resources (for example...example, the Humboldt River drainage basin). Primary objectives of this assessment include 1) identifying areas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens, are either inaccessible or are in closed mining districts, or are closed for political reasons...• Idaho Falls 1 ' r_ r--- 'f"Q --; - Souu,;Mountain : I•__ .... _ Spencer ,(~\ - -, _Custer r j'...City-D~Lamar Mining Dlstricts / J\. I,' -r-, - L..... ~ rl.. kl \ , 50 I 100 I Miles old mining and...collecting areas. Collectors lost one important battle in May 199I-the right to collect in the Sawtooth...scientific significance. In this index, the better known mining districts that have produced many high-quality
Report (issue)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GOLD METALLOGENY OF NORTHERN NEVADA Richard M. Tosdal editor Open-File Report 98-338-6...Contributions to the gold metallogeny of northern Nevada Preface R.M. Tbsdfl/.............................understanding the crustal structure near the Battle Mountain-Eureka mineral trend from geophysical constraints...Regional crustal structure beneath the Carlin Trend, Nevada, based on deep electrical geophysical measurements...mapping of crustal structure in the northern Great Basin and relationships to Au deposit trends J.L Wooden
 
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