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Chance

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150481
MAS/MILS ID 0320330062
Record type Site
Current site name Chance

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.91117, 39.93463 (WGS84)
Elevation 2514
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Exchequer Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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 024 N 062 E 24 C Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.91117, 39.93463
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 35N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 20M
    Width 0M
    Area 7HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N10E:35N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 7
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 85, 1976, P.49.

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN MAP 35.

  • Deposit

    ADAIR, D.H., UNIV UTAH, MS THESIS,1961, P.33.

  • Deposit

    USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT PROJ 712, 1943, TUNGSTEN.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPT INV 4631, 1950, PP.2, 5-6.

  • Deposit

    USGS STRATEGIC MIN INV PRELIM MAP,1943.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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