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Western Metals Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. 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. Mining district
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103603
MRDS ID M035598
Record type Site
Current site name Western Metals Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03844, 38.53825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Relative position APPROX. 8 MI. EAST OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03844, 38.53825
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granitic Contact Essentially North Trending

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 60 NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Lenses Along Favorable Beds Of Lmst. Away From A Discordant Granitic Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.3 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

  • Production

    NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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