Baker 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 10044120
MRDS ID M231463
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Workings
Alternate or previous names North Sutton, Uncle Sam Midway, Springer Mine 1988

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12959, 40.78767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494

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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

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

Comments on the location information

  • 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

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12959, 40.78767

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Bed 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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH NORTH & SOUTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, AND ORPHAN.

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS MINE WAS MINED UNDERGROUND AS PART OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.170-172

  • 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 THE BAKER PROSPECT IS PART OF THE SUTTON BED THAT HAS BEEN CUT AND FAULTED NORTH OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE
Deposit THE BAKER PROSPECT IS PART OF THE SUTTON BED THAT'S BEEN CUT AND FAULTED NORTH OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE. IT WAS LATER MINED UNDERGROUND AS PART OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE. PRODUCTION WAS INCLUDED WITH THE NORTH SUTTON. NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL AND IS NOW CALLED THE SPRINGER MINE WHICH INCLUDES THE NORTH SUTTON, SOUTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, AND ORPHAN MINES. TINGLEY (PERSONAL COMM., 1990) SAYS KING AND HOLMES MISLOCATED NORTH SUTTON NO. 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.