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Scheelite Placer

Occurrence in White Pine 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046914
MRDS ID M242142
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelite Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18112, 38.91301 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kious Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 069E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SNAKE CREEK CANYON BELOW THE TILFORD (BONITA) MINE; UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE RANGED IN SIZE FROM 10 MESH TO NUGGETS WEIGHING 10 CB.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result PIT SAMPLES AVERAGED 2.8 LB WO3/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18112, 38.91301
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Length 365.76M
    Width 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snake (Bonita) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 44 PITS AND SHAFTS AS DEEP AS 25 FT WERE SUNK TO WATER LEVEL IN ALLUVIUM. THEY EXPLORED PART OF AN AREA 1200 FT LONG, 200-400 FT WIDE

Comments on development

  • SNAKE CREEK CANYON FLOOR WAS EXPLORED FOR PLACER SCHEELITE IN THE EARLY 1940'S. ABOUT 5 UNITS OF SHEELITE WERE RECOVERED FROM 110 YDS OF GRAVEL TREATED (ABOUT 1 LB/CU. YD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, MC. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL. 85, PT. II, P. 77.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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