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Granite Creek Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045079
MRDS ID M232739
Record type Site
Current site name Granite Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27596, 41.13767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 38 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 042E 29,30 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON GRANITE CREEK; SW 1/4 SEC. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result 0.5% 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
    Rock unit name Osgood Mtns. Stock
    Rock description Osgood Mtns. Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Preble Formation
    Rock description Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Preble Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27596, 41.13767
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folds, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR CONTACT ZONE
    Strike N40-60E
    Dip 35TO60SE
    Length 670.56M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite At Limestone/Granodiorite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAIN TACTITE BODY LAY IN KEEL & LOWER PART OF TROUGH-LIKE STRUCTURE, VERY VARIABLE IN SIZE AND SHAPE THE CONTACT IS GENERALLY EAST-WEST WITH NUMEROUS IRREGULARITIES. IRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS TACTITE BODIES OCCUR ALONG THE CONTACT FOR OVER 2200 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Getchell Mine, Inc.
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Getchell Mine, Inc,

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1942-1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE YIELDED 88000 TONS ORE AVERAGING 0.5 % WO3 IN 1942-1944 AND AN ADDITIONAL 18629 TONS IN 1946.ALL OF THIS ORE -WAS MINED FROM THE EASTERN PART OF THE MINE BY UNDERGROUND WOR-KINGS AND 2 GLORY HOLES. IN 1951, OPEN PIT MINING OF THE TIP-T-OP DEPOSIT AT THE WEST END OF THE PROPERTY BEGAN AND CONTINUED- THROUGH 1956, YIELDING ABOUT 37200 TONS ORE. AN ADDITIONAL 18-8000.TONS WERE ALSO MINED FROM THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DURING- THE PERIOD FROM 1955, BY THE GETCHELL MINING CO.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 2 GLORY HOLES, PITS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MTNS. QUAD, HUMBOLDT CO. NEV U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA, UNIV. NEV. BULL. V. 40, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 44.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AND IS ENTIRELY ABSENT FROM MUCH OF THE TACTITE. WHERE THE CONTACT IS ABOUT P-ARALLEL TO THE STRIKE OF THE LIMESTONE, THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZ-ATION IS MORE NEARLY UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MASS OF TACT-ITE. WHERE THE CONTACT IS AT AN ANGLE TO THE STRIKE OF SEDIMEN-TARY BEDS, THE TACTITE BODIES AND THE ORE ZONES WITHIN THEM AR-E MORE IRREGULAR AND MAY PITCH IN THE DIRECTION OF THE DIP OF -THE BEDS. THE LARGEST AND MOST CONTINUOUS TACTITE OREBODY IS A-T THE EASTERN END OF THE PROPERTY. THE MAIN LAYER HAS BEEN TRA-CED FOR 230 FT ON THE SURFACE WHERE ITS WIDTH RANGES FROM 5 TO- 25 FT. ON THE LOWER ADIT LEVEL IT IS 200 FT LONG. THE AVERAGE- WIDTH IS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FT AND THE TUNGSTEN CONTENT IS R- ATHER UNIFORMLY ABOUT 0.6 % WO3, WHICH WAS DILUTED SOMEWHAT - IN MINING.
Deposit OCCURRENCE OF SCHEELITE WAS KNOWN FOR SOME TIME BEFORE ORE WAS MINED IN 1942. MAINLY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, FROM 1942 TO 1944 AND FROM 1950 TO 1955. THE PROPERTY IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE ABOUT 42,200 TONS ORE AT 0.45% WO3 RESERVES. MAIN PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE MAIN TACTITE BODY AT THE EAST END OF THE OREBODY. WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS CONNECTED TO 2 GLORY HOLES; PITS AND TRENCHES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Unknownunknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 05/01/2014
MSHA mine ID2601597
Mine name (MSHA)Granite Creek Mine
Current operatorOsgood Mining Company, LLC
Current controller (parent)i-80 Gold Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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