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Tunnel Prospect

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. 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 10014357
MRDS ID D011094
Record type Site
Current site name Tunnel Prospect
Alternate or previous names T.D. Claims ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.71756, 41.68324 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanchard Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
044N 064E 21,22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Contact

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954-1955
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.6 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

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