Flying Cloud Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10045461
MRDS ID M233207
Record type Site
Current site name Flying Cloud Mine
Alternate or previous names Oddie and Giovanni, Babcock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.63513, 38.40881 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Boy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 030E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF RIDGRE SOUTH OF WILLOW CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.63513, 38.40881

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 39.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MAIN ORE BODY CAPS THE RIDGE AND DIPS FROM CREST TOWARD WILLOW CREEK AT ANGLE OF ABOUT 30 DEGREES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hawthorne District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Senator Oddie And Siri Giovanni
    First year 1921

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1951-1956
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 1.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SINGLE TUNNEL CUTS THROUGH DEPOSIT INTO THE GRANITE NEAR CENTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HESS AND LARSEN, 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES; USGS BULL. 725-D

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE IS HARD AND COMPACT CONTAINING GARNET, SOME QUARTZ, HORNBLENDE, CALCITE, AND A LITTEL DIOPSIDE AND SCHEELITE. TACTITE WAS SHATTERED AFTER FORMED AND THE FRACTURES WERE HEALED BY VEINLETS OF NEW GARNET WITH MUCH QUARTZ AND SOME DIOPSIDE, AMPHIBOLE AND SCHEELITE. MOST OF SCHEELITE IN THESE VEINLETS.
Deposit TUNGSTEN CLAIMS ON CREST OF HIGH RIDGE AND RATHER DIFFICULT OF ACCESS. DEPOSIT CONTAINS AN ESTIMATED 25,000 TONS OF TACTITE AVERAGING 0.5% WO3. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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