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Granite Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10043754
MRDS ID M231032
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Mine
Alternate or previous names Hardscrabble Claim, Bonanza King Group, Bluff, United Tungsten Property?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69154, 40.00101 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toulon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 029E 26 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LOVELOCK 1:250000; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = CARSON SINK (1951) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME OF THE ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 2.0 % WO3, BUT THE ORE SHIPPED IN 1953-54 AVERAGED ABOUT 1.0 % WO3

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 > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69154, 40.00101
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone & Pluton

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Toy District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1941-1954
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^From Ore Averaging 1.0 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, 50-FT ADIT, 20-FT SHAFT WITH SMALL STOPES.

Comments on development

  • IN 1941-42 THE PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY H. E. HALL, JIM HALL, AND JOHN JERGENSON. IN 1943-44 THE MINE WAS LEASED T-O J. D. UPTON AND JOSEPH WYCKOFF WHO OPERATED IT AS THE LAKE T-UNGSTEN MINE. A SMALL TONNAGE OF ORE WAS MINED FROM THE TOY CL-AIM, PART OF WHICH WAS SENT TO THE METALS RESERVE STOCKPILE AT- WINNEMUCCA AND PART WAS MILLED AT THE HALL MILL AT TOY. THE P-ROPERTY WAS AGAIN MINED FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1953-1954.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F. L., AND LARSEN, E.S., 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL 725-D.P 289

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S. BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 7093.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    STAGER, IN PREP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN CALCAREOUS HORNFELS AND GRANODIORITE, AND IN A TACTITE BED ABO-UT ONE FOOT WIDE INTERSTRATIFIED IN METASEDIMENTS. THE CONTACT- STRIKES NW AND DIPS STEEPLY. IT IS INTERSECTED AT RIGHT ANGLE-S BY THE HORNFELS WHICH STRIKES NE AND DIPS 45 SE. THE CONTACT- IS EXPLORED BY PROSPECT PITS AND AN ADIT; THE BEDDED ORE ZONE- IS EXPLORED BY A SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL STOPES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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