Deer Trail

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008829
MRDS ID D001268
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Trail
Alternate or previous names Georgie, W
Related records 10174847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.46752, 38.71662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Springs Knolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
10N 65E 30,31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LUND 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Formation;Prospect Mountain Formation
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Formation;Prospect Mountain Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.46752, 38.71662

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 45 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN QUARTZ VEIN 1-3 FEET WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Geyser Range Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED .35% WO3. PARTS OF THE VEIN ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 2% WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE MANY SMALL CUTS AND TRENCHES AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH, 1976. GEO AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULLETIN 85

  • Production

    HOSE, 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 09-JUN-1995 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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