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Sutton Ii Mine

Producer in Pershing 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. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044118
MRDS ID M231460
Record type Site
Current site name Sutton Ii Mine
Alternate or previous names Sutton No. 2, North Sutton Mine, Springer Mine
Related records 10198206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13098, 40.7835 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 034E 26,35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SUTTON MINE WAS A SEPARATE DEPOSIT (M231463) BUT WAS MINED THROUGH THE SUTTON II WORKINGS. LOCATION FROM STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.4% 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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lower Raspberry Formation
    Rock description Lower Raspberry Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13098, 40.7835
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stank Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Beds Near Granodiorite Stock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mill City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc., A. F. Metcalfe, Manager
    Home office P. O. Box 325, Imlay, Nv 89418.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE OPENED BY AN ADIT 1220 FT LONG ON THE WEST BED WITH PARALLEL DRIFTS FOLLOWING THE EAST SUTTON BED. MOST OF THE ORE WAS REMOVED BY SURFACE MINING.

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE UNDERGOING CURRENT DEVELOPMENT IN 1983, EMPLOYING 11 PERSONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.89

  • Deposit

    KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15

  • Deposit

    KERR, 1934, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 21

  • Deposit

    STAGER H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 105, P.170, 179

  • Deposit

    NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

  • Deposit

    KING, W. H. AND HOLMES, G.H., JR., 19 , INVESTIGATION OF NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, PERSHING COUNTY, NV, USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4634

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT ENCOMPASSES THE WEST BED, AND EAST SUTTON BED. PORTIONS OF THESE BEDS WERE FAULTED.
Deposit NORTH SUTTON MINE OPENED BY AN ADIT, 1220 FT. LONG, ON THE WEST BED WITH PARALLEL DRIFTS FOLLOWING THE EAST SUTTON BED. THE NORTH SUTTON MINE IS PART OF THE SAME BELT AS SOUTH SUTTON MINE AND UNCLE SAM WORKINGS. PORTIONS OF THE SUTTON BEDS WERE FAULTED AND MOVED INTO POSITION PARALLEL AND EAST OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE. SOME ORE FROM THIS PORTION WAS TAKEN OUT FROM THE NORTH SUTTON UNDERGROUND, BUT MOST WAS REMOVED BY SURFACE METHODS FROM THE SUTTON FOOT WALL PIT. NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL AND IS NOW CALLED SPRINGER MINE WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE SOUTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, BAKER AND ORPHAN MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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