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Rawhide Tungsten Property

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045437
MRDS ID M233170
Record type Site
Current site name Rawhide Tungsten Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32263, 39.03185 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. NE OF RAWHIDE; 30 MI. E OF SCHURZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Kasock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 032E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADE: 0.1-0.4% 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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 75S
    Length 9.14M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCKS IN AREA ARE BLUE AND GRAY LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH SHALE THAT STRIKE EAST AND DIP 75S. THESE ARE INTRUDED BY GRANITE AND SMALL DIKES OF ANDESITE PORPHYRY. ALONG NORTH SIDE OF CLAIMS THE INTRUSIVE GRANITE STRIKED N30W. THE ANDESITE PORPHYRY OCCURS AS DIKES UP TO 20 FEET THICK AND AS SMALL PLUGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1947
Discoverer W. H. Strand

Mining district

District name Regent District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Strand, Gallon, Nevada; R. H. Sheehy, Carson City, Nev.

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1950-1956
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.5 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 400-FOOT ADIT FOLLOWS THE PRINCIPAL FAULT IN A NE DIRECTION, AND A NUMBER OF SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY COMPRISED OF 5 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE CRESCENT, ELIZABETH, OSCAR, SCHEELITE NUGGET, AND THE LAST HOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN DISCONNECTED SMALL SHOOTS IN OR ADJACENT TO WELL-DEFINED FAULTS. A FEW TUNGSTEN-BEARING AREAS ARE EXPOSED ON THE PROPERTY. TWO ARE IN SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS ALONG THE WEST VEIN THAT VARY IN WIDTH FROM 4 TO 5 FEET AND 20 TO 30 FEET IN LENGTH. IN THEM SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN A GARNET AND EPIDOTE GANGUE. IN THE MAIN WORKINGS, 3 SECTIONS ARE EXPOSED THAT SHOW VARYING AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION IN AND ADJACENT TO THE MAIN FAULT. THE AREAS ARE FROM 10-30 FEET IN LENGTH AND ARE CONTROLLED BY NW TRENDING CROSS FRACTURES THAT DIP 10-20W. IN THESE AREAS THE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN ALTERED AND SILICATED, WITH SCHEELITE OCCURRING DISSEMINATED AND AS SMALL CRYSTAL BUNCHES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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