Cherry Creek Tungsten

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese, Silver, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223138
MRDS ID D001193
MAS/MILS ID 0320330063
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Creek Tungsten
Alternate or previous names Teacup, Cleghorn, Ticup, Biscuit, Old Timer Mine, Lens B
Related records 10101411, 10310454

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.90727, 39.92823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499

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 S2S2SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.90727, 39.92823

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 60N
    Thickness 15M
    Length 73M
    Width 8M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    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 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50E:60N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830421

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Transition Metals Corp.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC 25 T24N-R62E AND SEC19 T24N-R63E; E SLOPE OF EGA

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR MIN BULL 85, 1976, PP.47- 49, PL.2.

  • Deposit

    USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT PROJ 712, 1943, TUNGSTEN.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPT INV 4631, 1950, PP.1-7.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 318, 1959, PP.83- 84, FIG.4.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P.199.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MESA SAFETY SPOT INSPECTION REPORT ID NO.26-01402, 4/27-28/1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-1992 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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