Crosby Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Washoe 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150014
MRDS ID D001218
MAS/MILS ID 0320310001
Record type Site
Current site name Crosby Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names White Caps, Cal Alta Mine, Stoddard-Crosby
Related records 10008809

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.2885, 39.94209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1353
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 N 024 E 21 NWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.2885, 39.94209

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nightingale

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MFI, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES & GEOL BULL 70, 1969, P.71-72

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-1994 Robinson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.