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Unnamed Tungsten

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043852
MRDS ID M231140
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.77044, 39.30518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washoe City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 020E 29,30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR DENVER MINE. LAT/LONG ARE FROM JOHN AND OTHERS. UTM PLOTTED ON WASHOE CITY 7.5' TOPO., BASED ON GEOLOGY FROM TABOR AND OTHERS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH HAL BONHAM (16 JAN/92).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BONHAM (1969, P.64) NOTES, "SMALL AMOUNTS" OF SCHEELITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Skarn

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.77044, 39.30518
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Skarn

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact Between Limestone And Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE IN TACTITE DEVELOPED ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT

Comments on development

  • "...OCCURRENCES ARE APPARENTLY TOO LOW GRADE TO BE WORKED PROFITABLY," BONHAM, 1969, P64

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • NONE RECORDED

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVDADA BULL 70, P.64, (SITE 125 ON PLATE 2)

  • Deposit

    JOHN, D.A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1 BY 2 QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, USGS MF-2154-B, SYMBOL #C9

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., AND ELLEN, S., 1975, WASHOE CITY QUADRANGLE GEOLOGIC MAP, NBMG ENVIRONMENTAL (URBAN) SERIES 5AG

  • Deposit

    UNNAMED TUNGSTEN, GALENA DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY), NBMG

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., AND JONES, R.B., 1978, WASHOE CITY QUADRANGLE ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP, NBMG ENVIRONMENTAL (URBAN) SERIES 5AH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Marcus, S. U.S. Geological Survey

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