| Deposit ID | 10047688 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M243110 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Ant Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | South Sand Springs, V. Cye Cox, Big Chief, Mccoy, Revely, Red Bird, East End |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.40457, 39.14852 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1768 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Churchill(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fourmile Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Churchill |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 015N | 032E | 20 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.40457, 39.14852 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sand Springs District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M243110 |
STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
STAGER, TINGLEY, IN PREP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE ALONG A LIMESTONE GRANITE CONTACT WHICH TRENDS NW FROM THE SHAFT. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN TRACED NW ALONG STRIKE FOR ABOUT 300 FT. ORE WAS REPORTEDLY PRESENT AT BOTTOM OF 60-FT SHAFT. THE LIMESTONE IS STEEPLY TILTED NEAR THE GRANITE CONTACT AND LOCALLY INVADED BY GRANITE FINGERS THAT EXTEND WESTWARD FROM THE GRANITE MASS. SCHEELITE OCCURS DISSEMINATED AND AS SMALL CRYSTALS IN SILICATED ZONES ASSOCIATED WITH GARNET, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF COPPER CARBONATES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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