Slate Mine

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047656
MRDS ID M243072
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3869, Part of Midday Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19874, 39.1138 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 034E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3869 FROM DUMPS OF UPPER ADIT CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.7% MG, 20% CA, 0.3% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 300 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 10 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 200 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR.

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) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19874, 39.1138

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact With Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Monson Of Las Vegas Mdf Co.
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • REPORTED SMALL PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 18 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM RECORDS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER ADIT FOLLOWS SEDIMENTS ALONG A SKARN WITHOUT VISIBLE GRANITE. (GRANITE OUTCROPS IN ADJACENT CANYON TO THE NORTH)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.