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Ore Drag Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Tungsten, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008816
MRDS ID D001233
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Drag Mine
Alternate or previous names Tungsten No.14, Peacock Swackhammer, Drag Ore

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.43789, 40.56184 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF CHINA MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N}031N 040E}040E 13}14 NW (13) OF E2 (14) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF LEE CANYON NEAR CREST OF TOBIN RANGE. IT IS ABOUT 3 MILES VIA STEEP TRAIL FROM NEAREST ROAD, WHICH WAS WASHED OUT (TINGLEY, 1984, UNPUBLISHED NOTES).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kermesite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain
    Rock description Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.43789, 40.56184
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Two N-Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip 60-70S
    Length 12.19M
    Width 1.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Stringers In Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Iron Hat District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark Durfee
    Home office Battle Mountain
    First year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1935-1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Antimony Antimony 62wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 200.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89 P.61-62

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6902.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., 1945, UNPUBLISHED DATA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 164-165.

  • Deposit

    DONAHOE, J. 1979, ORE DRAG MINE, UNPUBLISHED DRAFT CRIB RECORD, UPDATED IN 1984 BY J. TINGLEY, PERSHING COUNTY, IRON HAT DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY) FILES.

  • Production

    LAWRENCE (1963)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE ASSOCIATED WITH STIBNITE ORE IN SHEAR ZONE. STIBNITE OCCURS AS SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED PODS AND STREAKS IN STRINGERS, VEINS AND MASSES OF QUARTZ. SHEAR ZONE ALSO CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNT OF SILVER.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH M060517, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, J.E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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