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Gunmetal

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149453
MRDS ID M030116
MAS/MILS ID 0320210054
Record type Site
Current site name Gunmetal
Alternate or previous names Desert Scheelite, Lindsay, Summerfield, Garnet
Related records 10037038, 10125328

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.89534, 38.38603 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 006 N 037 E 18 NENENE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 70 KM NW OF TONOPAH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.89534, 38.38603
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 214M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 810625

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1916
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Shoshone

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.,
    Interest 100
    Home office Danbury, CT
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAT 1 COL 1 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL MEASURED RESOURCE AT THE GUNMETAL MINE THE RESOURCE INCLUDES 10 PERCENT DILUTION. MAT 1 COL 2 REPRESENTS THE TOTAL IN BITU MINE RESERVES AT THE GUNMETAL MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 8.5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 1000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 1000
    Unit Production Cost 17.21
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    223. GRABHER, D. E. UNION CARBIDE'S PILOT MOUNTAIN

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    PROJECT: GEOLOGIC SETTING AND FIELD TRIP GUIDE, FIELD

  • Deposit

    TRIP 10, SKARN DEPOSITS. PAPER IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA, FIELD TRIP

  • Deposit

    GUIDEBOOK, ED. BY J. L. JOHNSON. SYMP. OF ASSOC. EXPL.

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984, PP. 5-24.

  • Deposit

    343. KERR, P. F. TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES. GEOL. SOC. AM. MEMOIR 15, 1946, 241 PP.

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    444. MINING RECORD (DENVER). MERGER OF ELECTRA RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST. V. 94, NO. 2, 1982.

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    598. ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL

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    COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

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    BULL. 58, 1961, 98 PP.

  • Deposit

    608. SCHILLING, J. H. AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM

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    OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    REP. 2, 1962, 48 PP.

  • Deposit

    733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

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    88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

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    JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

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    740. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING

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    DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 6941, 1937, 79 PP.

  • Deposit

    774. WARNER, L. A., W. T. HOLSER, V. R. WILMARTH, AND E.

  • Deposit

    MIN. J., V. 184,LITIES IN NEVADA. CH. IN OCCURRENCE OF

  • Deposit

    NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. PROF. PAPER 318, 1959, PP. 63-85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1996 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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