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Blue Wing Mine

Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042425
MRDS ID M060215
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Wing Mine
Alternate or previous names Roop & Allen Claims, Cloudy Day Claims., NBMG Sample Site 2865, Blue Jay, Wild Bill,
Related records 10150285, 10149954

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.07266, 40.02156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1685
Relative position 41 MILES FROM LOVELOCK; SW 1/4 SEC. 21

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bluewing Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 026E 21 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • E FLANK OF S. END OF SAWAVE MOUNTAINS, ACCESSIBLE BYGOOD ROAD FROM THE EAST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2865 INCLUDES SOME QUARTZ BRECCIA WITH UNIDENTIFIED SULFIDES AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE TACTITE, CONTAINS -15 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 20 % CA, 0.1 % TI, +2000 PPM MN, 50 PPM BA-, 10 PPM CO, 150 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM SN, 200 P-PM V, 100 PPM ZR.

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.07266, 40.02156
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45W
    Length 228.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 3 PARALLEL RIBS OF LIMESTONE IN GRANODIORITE HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED AND ALTERED TO TACTITE SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Juniper Range District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1943, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1967-68
    Material W03
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4-1.0 % W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 TRENCHES, 2 SHALLOW PITS, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 16 FT DEEP FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH A NORTH DRIFT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 11 FT. ONE OF THE OLDER SHAFTS HAS BEEN ALMOST OBLITERATED BY THE OPEN PIT WHICH EXPOSED A 5-FT IACTITE ZONE.

Comments on development

  • SOME ROAD-BUILDING WAS IN PROGRESS AT THE SITE AT THE TIME OF EXAMINATION 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

  • Deposit

    HESS & LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725-D

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 18 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Production

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED BY 3 TRENCHES, 2 SHALLOW PITS, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 16 FEET DEEP FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH A NORTHDRIFT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 11 FEET. TUNGSTEN WAS MINED IN THE DISTRICT INTERMITTENTLY FROM WORLD WAR I UNTIL 1961. ORE GRADE LOW, 0.4 TO 0.8% WO3 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit 3 PARALLEL RIBS OF LIMESTONE IN GRANODIORITE HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED AND ALTERED TO TACTITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE. LIMESTONE PENDANTS TRACEABLE BY OUTCROPS AND PROSPECT WORKINGS FOR ABOUT 750 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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