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Hodges Whorton Tungsten Prospect

Past Producer in Clark 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037151
MRDS ID M031022
Record type Site
Current site name Hodges Whorton Tungsten Prospect
Related records 10173622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25471, 36.61332 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position SEVERAL MILES SW OF VABM JUANITA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Overton SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
015S 069E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25471, 36.61332
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Trending Normal (?) Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE WORKINGS ARE ON THE JUNCTION OF A NORTH TRENDING NORMAL FAULT AND A NE TRENDING ZONE OF PEGMATITE BODIES IN THE GNEISS. THE TUNGSTEN ORE CAME FROM A 1 TO 4 INCH WIDE QUARTZ VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bunkerville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL UNITS OF TUNGSTEN ORE WERE PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL CUTS AND A SHORT DISCOVERY SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, LAURENCE H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BUNKERVILLE MINING DISTRICT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 63 , P. 79

  • Production

    BEAL, L. H., 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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