Zig Zag Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104116
MRDS ID M242143
Record type Site
Current site name Zig Zag Mine
Alternate or previous names Calico Mine, Zig Zag and Calico Claims, Usbm Sample Locality #183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34028, 38.81689 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 068E 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WNW OF THE TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1948 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1981 SAMPLE FROM TRENCH ASSAYED 0.43%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34028, 38.81689

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting Of Quartz Vein, Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 45-70N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1942-1943
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^From 18 Tons Ore Averaging 1.75% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE ORE WAS MINED FROM SURFACE CUTS IN 1942-1943

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1963
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT AND A FEW OPEN CUTS, CROSS CUT, DRIFTS, INCLINED RAISE. 1981-TRENCH 20 FT LONG 6 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85 PT. 22, P. 76-77

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 331, ITEM 1 - USBM DATA, 1963.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEST END OF SAME VEIN AS THE TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE, SEPARATED BY ALLUVIAL COVER. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALS IN A QUARTZ AND CALCITE GANGUE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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