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Alex Eske Mine

Past Producer in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014344
MRDS ID D011076
Record type Site
Current site name Alex Eske Mine
Alternate or previous names Bobolink, Brunswick Tungsten Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.651, 39.0999 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McTarnahan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014N 021E 8 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA ABOUNDS WITH PROSPECTS AND ROADS THAT APPEAR TO BE 7 TO 10 YEARS IN AGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.651, 39.0999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONTACT AND REPLACEMENT

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME OF THE METASEDIMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROSPECTED FOR IRON WHICH APPEARS FREQUENTLY AS FLOAT ALONG THE HILLSIDES AND IN PROSPECTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Delaware

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.25-1.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE DOZING ALONG CONTACTS BETWEEN META-SEDIMENTS AND GRANITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, DELAWARE MINING DISTRICT,CARSON CITY COUNTY, QUADE VISITS SITE 5 -24-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Production

    NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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