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Garnet/Tenn. Mtn.

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246544
MRDS ID D001177
MAS/MILS ID 0320070011
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet/Tenn. Mtn.
Alternate or previous names Knowles Bros. Tungsten Claims, Tennessee Mountain Mine, Tennessee Mountain, Garnet, Garnet Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.67452, 41.7946 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tennessee Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 056 E 17 SENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Powellite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.67452, 41.7946
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 8M
    Length 335M
    Width 53M
    Depth to top 53M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N50W:55S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830421
  • Area 270HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 270
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Year of first production 1970

Mining district

District name Alder

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Knowles Brothers - Mountain City, Nev.
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Montrose, P. D. - Mountain City, Nev.
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pab Oil And Mining - 998 E. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, Ca.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1
    Description Tons Tons Concentrate Produced Shipments Units Wo3
  • Year 2
    Description Mined Treated % Wo3 Pounds Units Wo3 Lbs/Yr % Wo3 Recovered
  • Year 1970
    Description 5,320 1,020 10,433 264 104330 Lbs/Yr 50.59 264
  • Year 1972
    Description 4,000 3,094 0.54 69,000 1,000 690000 Lbs/Yr 29.00 1,000
  • Year 1973
    Description 9,622 960 40,000 400
  • Year 1975
    Description Npr
  • Year 1976
    Description 24,631 16,650 0.50 178,660 2,472 1786600 Lbs/Yr 27.68 2,472
  • Year 1977
    Description 9,003 16,984 0.50 169,840 2,181 1698400 Lbs/Yr 25.69 2,181

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 359000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.42 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 140000mt ore
    Demonstrated 140000mt ore
    Total resources 359000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.42 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 44000mt ore
    Indicated 43000mt ore
    Demonstrated 87000mt ore
    Total resources 87000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.6 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 0M
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 37
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. OTHER
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings NO MINE ENTRY
    2nd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    3rd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Capacity 310
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 31.41
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BENSON, W. T., 1953, PRELIMINARY REPORT GARNET TUNGSTEN

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROSPECT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. DMEA-2820, KNOWLES BROS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TUNGSTEN CLAIMS (GARNET TUNGSTEN), 7 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    527. NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). OXBOW NEVADA TUNGSTEN MILL

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUSHNELL, K. O., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE,

  • Reserve-Resource

    ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUMINES BULL. 67.

  • Reserve-Resource

    --------1955, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE,

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    NEVADA. PHD DISSERTATION, YALE UNIVERSITY.

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    COATS, R. R. AND MCKEE E. H., 1972, AGES OF PLUTONS AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    526. NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). OXBOW IN PRODUCTION AT

  • Reserve-Resource

    TYPES OF MINERALIZATION, NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY,

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    NEVADA. U. S. GEOL. SURV., PROF. PAP. 800-C, PP. C165-

  • Reserve-Resource

    C168.

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    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1978, SURVEY OF MINE AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLANT EXPANSION. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.

  • Reserve-Resource

    VOL. 179, NO. 1, P. 75.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGLE, A. L., 1954, TREATMENT TESTS OF SCHEELITE ORE FROM

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND UTAH: U.S. BUMINES R.I. 5087.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GENTRY, G. G., SMITH, R. M., AND LAUB D. C., 1954, DMEA-

  • Reserve-Resource

    2820, KNOWLES BROS. TUNGSTEN CLAIMS (GARNET TUNGSTEN)

  • Reserve-Resource

    ELKO COUNTY, NEV. REPT. OF EXAM BY FIELD TEAM, REGION

  • Reserve-Resource

    III, CONTRACT IDM-E556, 12 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRANGER, A. E., BELL, M. M., SIMMONS, G. C., AND LEE,

  • Reserve-Resource

    FLORENCE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO

  • Reserve-Resource

    COUNTY, NEVADA. NEV. BUMINES BULL. 54.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HOPE, R. A., 1970, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO

  • Deposit

    BUSHNELL, K. O. GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE,

  • Deposit

    ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 67, 1967, 38 PP.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.

  • Deposit

    COATS, R. R., AND E. H. MCKEE. AGES OF PLUTONS AND

  • Deposit

    TYPES OF MINERALIZATION, NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 800-C, 1972,

  • Deposit

    PP. C165-C168.

  • Deposit

    COCA MINES, INC. ANNUAL REPORT, 1982.1983, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    ENGEL, A. L., AND E. S. SHEDD. TREATMENT TESTS OF

  • Deposit

    SCHEELITE ORES FROM CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND UTAH. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    RI 5087, 1954, 24 PP.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. SURVEY OF MINE AND

  • Deposit

    PLANT EXPANSION. V. 179, NO. 1, 1978, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F.

  • Deposit

    LEE. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1957, 190 PP.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R. A., AND R. R. COATS. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE

  • Deposit

    MAP 76-779, 6 SHEETS, 1976, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

  • Deposit

    JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WATER MUST BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS AND POWER GENERATED AT THE SITE. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS ADEQUATE. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 24 KM E OF MOUNTAIN CITY GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-94 Overbay, D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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