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Snake Creek Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101414
MRDS ID D001266
Record type Site
Current site name Snake Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonita Mine, Tilford Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.16751, 38.89995 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kious Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 069E 14,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PITS IN ALLUVIUM AVERAGED 2.8 LB WO3/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pioche Shale;Pioche Shale
    Rock description Pioche Shale;Pioche Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.16751, 38.89995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
    Strike N15E
    Dip 90 TO STEEPLY SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer John D. Tilford

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 500 STU TO 1000 STU WO3 IN 1913 AND 1916

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS HIGH ON THE SLOPE SOUTH OF THE CREEK; PITS; 2-TON MILL.

Comments on development

  • ORE IN 1913 WAS TREATED IN A 2-TON EXPERIMENTAL MILL AT CAMP BONITA. PROPERTY WAS LEASED IN 1915-1916 TO ATKINS, KROLL, & CO. WHO MADE SOME PRODUCTION. CANYON WAS EXPLORED FOR PLACER SCHEELITE IN EARLY 1940'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT II, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OFR MLA 56-83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN NARROW QUARTZ VEINS WITH GALENA AND PYRITE.
Deposit SHUT DOWN IN 1957 - DISTRICT PROBABLY RATES RE-STUDY IF MINES ARE OPEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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