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Scheelite Queen Prospect

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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098695
MRDS ID M243112
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelite Queen Prospect
Alternate or previous names Jimmy-W.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40096, 39.13047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILE SSE OF RED ANT MINE

Site location context

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)

Gabbs 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 015N 032E 29,32, Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS TO CENTRAL AREA WITH MANY WORKINGS IN ABOUT A 400 M RADIUS. ON WEST SIDE OF SAND SPRINGS RANGE ; 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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40096, 39.13047
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 65 SE

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mathews, A. R.
    First year 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADITS AND NUMEROUS PITS AND CUTS

Comments on development

  • MINED IN 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE ALONG A LIMESTONE AND SCHIST CONTACT THAT STRIKES NW AND DIPS ABOUT 65 SE. IN 1956, ABOUT 60 TONS OF 0.5% WO3 ORE WAS MINED AND SHIPPED BY A.R. MATHEWS.

Reporter information

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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