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Cactus Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Beryllium
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044399
MRDS ID M231812
Record type Site
Current site name Cactus Prospect
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Tunsten Property This Record Was Merged With Record #, M233658

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22593, 38.98686 (WGS84)
Elevation 1987
Relative position 1.5 MILES NE OF THE MOUTH OF SUMMIT CANYON, JUST SOUTH OF TIMBLIN CREEK; 3 MILES NORTH OF OPHIR CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carvers NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 013N 042E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SCHEELITE AVERAGING 2-3 % WAS MINED(THIN SEAM). A GRAB SAMPLE IN 1980 FROM THE DUMP SHOWED 15 PPM BE

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 > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22593, 38.98686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LARGE POCKET
    Strike N30-50E
    Dip 38-45NW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Marble-Granite Contact.

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 1954
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Est To Contain 1.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS.ALSO SURFACE WORKINGS(LAPOINTE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 99B, (COMMODITY SECTION-TUNGSTEN).

  • Deposit

    STAGER AND TINGLEY, 1988, TUNSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105.

  • Production

    STAGER AND TINGLEY,1988, NBMG BULL. 105.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ZONE AT BASE OF NW DIPPING MARBLE BED.
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM #M233658 WHICH WAS DELETED. (LA POINTE RECORD FOR SURFACE WORKINGS) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1985 Lapointe D.D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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