Snod Grass

Past Producer in Alpine county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104029
MRDS ID M233405
Record type Site
Current site name Snod Grass

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.72377, 38.66491 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MI SW OF COLEVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alpine(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heenan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alpine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 022E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM. EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .9 PERCENT WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.72377, 38.66491

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TACTITE DEPOSIT ON CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN WEST GRANODIORITE AND E SCHIST AND QUARTZITE. ALSO PYROXENITE AND LIMEY QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver King

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPEN PITS AND SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W. B., 1977 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALPINE COUNTY, CALIF.: CDMG COUNTY REPT NO. 8 , P. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLIKE BODY OF FINE GRAINED TACTITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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