Sage Hen Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047467
MRDS ID M242822
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Hen Mine
Alternate or previous names Newlite #5, Lava Beds

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.981, 40.53656 (WGS84)
Elevation 2015

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dead Horse Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 027E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.981, 40.53656

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Strike BEDS STRIKE N40E
    Dip BEDS DIP 40-60SE
    Length 9.14M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granite Contact With Sediments, In Part Controlled By Bedding In Sediments.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Staggs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, CUTS, PITS.

Comments on development

  • FIRST LOCATED IN 1914 AND EXPLORED FOR GOLD, WITHOUT SUCCESS. RELOCATED IN 1949 WHEN A NEW ROAD WAS BUILT ONTO THE AREA FROM VERNON. IN 1952, SEVERAL TRUCKLOADS OF ORE WERE MINED AND HAULED TO THE TOY MILL FOR TESTING. IN 1955 THE DEPOSIT YIELDED AN ADDITIONAL 225 TONS ORE GRADING ABOUT 1.0 % WO3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.

  • Deposit

    HESS, F. L. AND LARSON, E. S., 1922, USGS BULL 725-D.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN BEDDED LIMESTONES AND SHALES BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY GRANITE AND CUT BY FINGERS AND SILLS OF GRANITE. NEAR THE CONTACTS HORNFELS AND TACTITE ARE DEVELOPED CONTAINING EPIDOTE, GARNET, QUARTZ, AND SCHEELITE. TACTITE RIBS RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FT WIDE, ABOUT 30 FT LONG. SCHEELITE IS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN THE TACTITE AND AVERAGES ABOUT 0.48 % WO3 WHILE SORTED ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 1.3 % WO3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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