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Midnight Tungsten

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043861
MRDS ID M231152
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Tungsten
Alternate or previous names Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.30878, 39.92961 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(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 024N 024E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Molybdenite Unknown
Powellite Unknown

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 Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.30878, 39.92961
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Trough In Intrusive Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. And L Rassuchine, J And R Carrington
    First year 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • TACTITE OR SKARN ZONES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH STRUCTURAL TROUGHS AT OR NEAR LIMESTONE-GRANODIORITE CONTACTS AND ALONG STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS OR FRACTURE SYSTEMS IN THE LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RASSUCHINE, JEFFREY, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1978

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1978, FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, PL. I.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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