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Tungsten Queen

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037322
MRDS ID M031303
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Queen
Alternate or previous names Canary Yellow Mine, Usbm Sample Localities #186-193
Related records 10246972

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3414, 38.81412 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES S55E OF SHOSHONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(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
11N 68E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1981 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0-0.5 OZ/T AG, 0-0.27% W.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3414, 38.81412
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, E Striking, 40-70 Deg N Dipping

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N78E-N85E
    Dip 40-70N
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 67.06M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY IS A SCHEELITE ORE SHOOT IN VEINS OF QUARTZ AND CALCITE ALONG FAULTS. THE SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY IN COARSE CRYSTAL AGGREGATES OR IN VEINLETS IN QUARTZ, COMMONLY ALONG THE FOOT WALL SIDE OF THE VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sho Shone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1942-1943
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4-4.2% W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1954
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ Avg 1.0 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GRADE RANGED FROM .3% WO3 TO ABOUT 2.5%

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES BOTH "INDICATED" AND "INFERRED" ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT 85 FT LONG WITH A DRIFT ON THE VEIN 11O FT LONG WITH A RAISE AND A STOPE TO THE SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY CALICO TUNGSTEN CO. DURING WWII, AND MORE MINING WAS DONE IN 1954.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 3, MINE MAP.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OFR MLA-68-83.

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A QUARTZ VEIN 1.5-6 FT WIDE. AN ORE SHOOT 130 FT LONG CONTAINED ORE THAT ASSAYED 0.4-4.2% WO3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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

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