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Minnie prospect, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 31' 31'' North , 117° 6' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Battle Mountain3,635 (2011)20.1km
Golconda214 (2011)57.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
60268
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:60268:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
;Tomboy-Minnie Mine; Battle Mountain Gold; Fortitude Complex


Sec 27 T31N R43E. Silver Lead
Structure: Golconda Thrust N-S Trending Faults; Nw-Trending Faults

Alteration: Prograde Skarn, Retrograde Skarn

Deposit: Original workings consisted of 4 adits and several small trenches and pits. ; info.src : 1 pub lit refer also to tomboy mine (record #231379).

Deposit type: Skarn Cu

Development: 14 holes were drilled in 1942 by international smelting and refining co. Mined by duval corp. (now battle mountain gold co.) 1978-1982.

Geology: Metals display a zonation pattern around the deposits: anomalous au, Ag outline deposits where they occur at or near surface, surrounded by peripheral haloes of anomalous pb and zn, respectively. Au deposition occurred penecontemporaneously with replacement of early diopside alteration assemblages by actinolite and chlorite.

Rock formation(s): Harmony Formation;Copper Canyon Granodiorite
Battle Formation;


Ore(s): Fractures, Interstices In Basal Conglomerate Of Battle Formation

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7 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 9 - Silicates
Actinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Tremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Chlorite Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
H Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
OOxygen
O Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
O Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mg Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Si Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S MarcasiteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Ca Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
FeIron
Fe Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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