Section 9 Tungsten Prospect

Occurrence in Lyon 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043887
MRDS ID M231181
Record type Site
Current site name Section 9 Tungsten Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #4295

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.29405, 39.34601 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH SIDE, CHURCHILL BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Churchill Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 024E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.29405, 39.34601

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXPOSURES SHOW VERY LIMITED SKARN OR NONE AT ALL. WHERE SKARN DOES EXIST THE SCHEELITE SHOWS ARE QUITE GOOD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Churchill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, PITS, TRENCHES, DOZER CUTS. SHOWINGS OF SCHEELITE FOUND IN SEVERAL PROSPECTS IN 1939 (MOORE, P 24). THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE EFFORT PUT INTO DEVELOPING THE AREA, BUT VERY LITTLE MINERALIZATION HAS BEEN EXPOSED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J.G., GEOL. & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV.,1969 NBMG BULL 75

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4295 VISIT, JULY 6, 1989.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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