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Tungsten Dyke Group

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037492
MRDS ID M035404
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Dyke Group
Alternate or previous names Examiner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20067, 38.31799 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position EAST FLANK EXCELSIOR MTNS., 12 MI. SW OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 034E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS SILVER DYKE ON NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20067, 38.31799
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REFER TO D001200

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1930 ?

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A TUNNEL 190 FEET LONG, A SHAFT 48 FEET DEEP AND SOME OPEN CUTS TOTALING 500 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 ,RECON. OF MINING DIST. IN MINERAL CO., NEV. USBM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR

  • Production

    F( 1 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER DYKE VEIN SYSTEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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