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Nye Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044382
MRDS ID M231791
Record type Site
Current site name Nye Mine
Alternate or previous names Meyer Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55559, 38.40439 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position ONE MILE NE OF THE IRWIN CANYON SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullwhacker Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 057E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE ORE MINED AVERAGED 7% 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 Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55559, 38.40439
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Host Rock Strikes North, Dips 50-60 E.

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED IN SHORT SHOOTS
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 90
    Length 304.8M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Small N 60 W, 90 Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyer, T. W.
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • $60,000 OF ORE WERE PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 60 FT INCLINED 60 DEG SHAFT, A 300 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYDE, JH AND HUTTRER, GW, 1970, GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL GRANT RANGE: AAPG BULL., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 503-521

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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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