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Mount Wheeler

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Copper, Beryllium, Zinc, Lithium, REE
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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. Land status
  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 10037300
MRDS ID M031265
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Wheeler
Alternate or previous names Pole Adit Mine, Pole Canyon Mine Some Descriptions Combine It With the Nearby St., Lawrence Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34001, 38.90106 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position W SLOPE OF SNAKE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(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
12N 68E 15,16,PROJECTED,FROM,THE,WEST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST MINE CONSISTS OF OVER 100 CLAIMS IN POLE CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE BED CONTENT IS 1%, WO3 TRACE TO 25% AVERAGES LESS THAN .5%SAMPLES IN 1981 ASSAYED 0.2-0.24 % BE
Result 0.01-0.03 % W
Result 0.2-0.4 OZ/T AG
Result WITH MINOR CU, LI, Y.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

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 Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34001, 38.90106
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Sets Of Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike E-NE,VEINS;-SE-REPLACEMENTS
    Dip STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS; REPLACEMENTS, 5-305
  • General form TABULAR TO PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike E-NE,VEINS;-SE-REPLACEMENTS
    Dip STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS; REPLACEMENTS, 5-305

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault , Bedding, Proximity To Granitic Intrusive.

Comments on the geologic information

  • W-BE DEPOSIT LOCALIZED IN THE LOWER 15 FEET OF THE FORMATION. ORE SHOOTS ARE UP TO 10 FEET WIDE AND 15-20 FEET HIGH; ONE SHOOT EXPLORED FOR 1500 FEET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1947
Discoverer James Williams

Mining district

District name Mount Washington (Lincoln)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1953-1954
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avgs Less Than 0.5 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 2487.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8162 FT ADIT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN FINDING LEAD-ZINC ORE BUT DID DISCOVER A LARGE BERYLLIUM DEPOSIT ALSO SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS, OVERHAND STOPE

Comments on development

  • TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED IN 1950 AND EXPLORATION BEGAN IN 1952 CONTINUING THROUGH 1955 WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1953-1954. THIS WORK LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF A LARGE BERYLLIUM DEPOSIT IN 1959. BE EXPLORATION CONTINUED THROUGH 1962 BY ANACONDA CO AND SOME ORE WAS STOCKPILED BUT NO SAVE OF BERYLLIUM ORE WAS REPORTED. AREA WAS FIRST EXPLORED FOR PB-AG IN 1870'S, AND ALSO IN 1911, 1939, 1948-49.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 331, ITEM2, USBM DATA, 1963

  • Deposit

    LEE, D.E.,&BASTRON, H., 1962, ALLANITE FROM THE MT.WHEELER AREA, NEV.; AM. MIN., VOL 47, P. 1327-1331.

  • Deposit

    LEE,D.E. AND ERD, R.C., 1963, PHENAKITE FROM THE MT WHEELER AREA, NEV.; AM. MIN., VOL. 48, P. 189-193.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., 1960, USGS PP 400-B, P. B70-B71.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 341, ITEM 3 (MISFILED)

  • Deposit

    WHITEBREAD, D.H.AND LEE, D.E., 1967, USGS PP 424-C, P. C120-C122.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P.45. 11.) USBM, 1983,OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83. 12.) LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA. 13.) LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1940'S
Deposit ORE SHOOTS EXTEND EASTWARD ALONG BEDDING AND ARE UP TO 20 FT WIDE, 20 FT HIGH, AND 1500 FT LONG. FAULTS ARE OCCUPIED BY QUARTZ VEINLETS UP TO 5 FT WIDE (PT OF ST LAWRENCE VEIN)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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