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Quick-Tung Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103919
MRDS ID M231028
Record type Site
Current site name Quick-Tung Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Fisk Tungsten Mine, NBMG Sample Site 3301

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20764, 39.80212 (WGS84)
Relative position FONDAWAY CANYON, 1 MI BY ROAD FROM CANYON MOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fondaway Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(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 022N 034E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Stibnite Unknown

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3301 OF SILICIFIED PHYLLITE CONTAINS 3% FE, 0.2% MG, 0.15% CA, 0.5% TI, 150 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 15 PPM AS, 15 PPM AU, 500 PPM B, 2000 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 150 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 30 PPM NI, 70 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 10 PPM SC, 100 PPM B, 20 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20764, 39.80212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding, Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shady Run District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Period 1956-1978
    Material W03
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.4 To +6.0%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 3wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS SCHEELITE PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS IN A COARSELY CRYSTALLINE MARBLE. THE PROSPECT IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT AND OPEN STOPE ABOUT 80 FEET DEEP. THE UPPER PART OF THE DEPOSIT IS REPORTED TO HAVE HAD QUARTZ, STIBNITE AND VALENTINITE (?) ASSOCIATED WITH SCHEELITE, BUT THEWORKINGS AT THE 60-FT LEVEL CONTAIN ONLY SCHEELITE IN THE MARBLE. LIME-SILICATE MINERALS ARE LACKING, AND NO INTRUSIVE BODIES ARE CLOSE TO THE DEPOSIT. PYRITE ALSO HAS BEEN REPORTED, AND A HYDROTHERMAL ORIGIN SEEMS PLAUSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • AREA NOW BEING EXPLORED AND MINED FOR GOLD. MOST OF DRILLING IS EAST OF QUICKTUNG MINE. FIRST LOCATED PRIOR TO 1920.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL 83.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K. & TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL. ON TUNGSEN IN NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED DATA ON FILE AT NBMG FROM TUNDRA RESOURCES.

  • Production

    STAGER & TINGLEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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