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De Fender Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037505
MRDS ID M035429
Record type Site
Current site name De Fender Mine
Alternate or previous names Dough God, No Good?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.41762, 38.21549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF TEELS MARSH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Huntoon Valley(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)

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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 032E 09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI. SE OF LITTLE HUNTOON VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.41762, 38.21549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Interlayered With Hornfels Near A Granitic Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TACTITE MASSES UP TO 25 FEET THICK AND EXPOSED FOR STRIKE LENGTH AT A FEW HUNDRED FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1944,1952-54
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avgs 1.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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