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Oreana Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, 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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174824
MRDS ID M242724
MAS/MILS ID 0320270083
Record type Site
Current site name Oreana Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Oreana Tungsten, Little Tungsten Mine, Gordon
Related records 10047424

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.25128, 40.39989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rye Patch Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 N 033 E 03 SWSESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Phlogopite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.25128, 40.39989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 610M
    Width 0M
    Area 42HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N35W:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 42
    Date of Last Modification 811112

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rye Patch

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 4
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 89, 1978, P. 84, 86 AND

  • Deposit

    PLATE 2A.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 61, 1963, P. 197, PLATES 1

  • Deposit

    AND 10.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 318, 1959,

  • Deposit

    P. 74-76, FIGURE 11.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEMOIR 15, 1946, P. 189-192.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6902, 1936, P. 33-34.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 33, 1938, P. 390-427.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 24, 1935, TOPO MAP.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, 1996, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-NOV-1994 Crandell, William D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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