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Jones Scheelite Mine

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047677
MRDS ID M243099
Record type Site
Current site name Jones Scheelite Mine
Alternate or previous names Long Stretch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36763, 39.26658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILE SE OF HGWY 50 ON NW END OF SAND SPRINGS RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 032E 11 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO THE NORTH WORKINGS. SOUTH WORKINGS ARE ABOUT 300 METERS FARTHER SOUTH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.36763, 39.26658
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSIVE/METAMORPHIC CONTACT IS ABOUT 1500 FT SE OF MINE WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sand Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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