Mine Claims

Occurrence in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043783
MRDS ID M231064
Record type Site
Current site name Mine Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.7435, 39.2224 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Empire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 020E 28,29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.7435, 39.2224

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carson

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • GOOD CONCENTRATION OF SCHEELITE IN OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOOD, WILLIAM BOURNE, REPORT ON CLAIMS, UNPUB REPORT FROM NBMG FILES, 1955.

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, EC, NEW EMPIRE GEOLOGIC MAP, NBMG MAP 59, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.