| 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 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.90727, 39.92823 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2499 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 024 N | 062 E | 24 | S2S2SE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Scheelite | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -114.90727, 39.92823 |
|---|
| Strike | N50E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 15M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 73M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 10HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1940 |
| District name | Cherry Creek District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Transition Metals Corp. |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Year | 1979 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320330063 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001193 | MAS references MRDS |
ALSO IN SEC 25 T24N-R62E AND SEC19 T24N-R63E; E SLOPE OF EGA
NEV BUR MIN BULL 85, 1976, PP.47- 49, PL.2.
USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT PROJ 712, 1943, TUNGSTEN.
USBM REPT INV 4631, 1950, PP.1-7.
USGS PROF PAPER 318, 1959, PP.83- 84, FIG.4.
USGS PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P.199.
ADAIR, D.H., UNIV UTAH, MS THESIS,1961.
MESA SAFETY SPOT INSPECTION REPORT ID NO.26-01402, 4/27-28/1
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 04-MAR-1992 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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