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Tungsten King

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044398
MRDS ID M231811
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten King
Alternate or previous names Millett Mines, Acid Tungsten, Black Jack, Giant Tungsten, Tough Nut, Tungsten View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23149, 39.03186 (WGS84)
Elevation 2356
Relative position 0.5 MILE NW OF MILL SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millett Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 042E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23149, 39.03186
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE OCCURS AS A PENDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1951-1955
    Material W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.2-3.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1962 TUNGSTEN MINES IN NEVADA: NBMG MAP 18

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG A GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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