Orphan Workings

Producer in Pershing 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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044119
MRDS ID M231461
Record type Site
Current site name Orphan Workings
Alternate or previous names Sutton No. 1 North, South Sutton, Springer New

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13265, 40.77822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509

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 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

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 Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Springer Stock
    Rock description Springer Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13265, 40.77822

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stank Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Bed Near Granodiorite Stock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS HERE ARE COMPLICATED AND THE BEDS MAY ACTUALLY EXTEND UNDER THE GRANODIORITE AT DEPTH

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

Comments on the production information

  • KLEPPER (1943) CREDITS THE ORPHAN AREA WITH PRODUCTION OF ABOUT 10000 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 0.75 % WO3 TO THE TIM-E OF THAT REPORT. OTHER PRODUCTION WAS COMBINED WITH THAT OF T-HE SUTTON MINES.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1973, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SEGMENTS OF THE SUTTON BED THAT WERE BROKEN UP BY FAULTING NORTH OF THE SOUTH SUTTON MINES
Deposit THE ORPHAN WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ON SMALL SEGMENTS OF THE SUTTON BED THAT WERE BROKEN UP BY FAULTING NORTH OF THE SOUTH SUTTON MINE. IT CONSISTS OF OPEN PIT OPERATIONS. NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL AND IS NOW CALLED THE SPRINGER MINE WHICH INCLUDES THE NORTH SUTTON, SOUTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, AND BAKER 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-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (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

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