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Tungsten Mountain Mine and Mill

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10280520
MAS/MILS ID 0320010297
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Mountain Mine and Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.76485, 39.62771 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byers Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 037 E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: IF THIS SITE IS "THE" TUNGSTEN MTN. MINE, THE LEGAL LOCATIONS REPORTED IS ERRONEOUS. THE TUNGSTEN MTN. MINE IS IN UNSURVEYED SEC. 16, T. 21 N., R. 38 E., ON THE TUNGSTEN MTN. 7.5-MIN TOPO MAP (WHERE ELSE!). THIS RECORD ID PLOTTED AS REPORTED BY NDMI AND IS PROBABLY ONLY A SCIENTIFIC WILD ASS GUESS GIVEN THE PROBLEMS WITH LOCATIONS AS REPORTED BY THEIR MINE INSPECTORS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.76485, 39.62771
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Farmers Exchange Of Modoc, Inc.
    ID 2601433
    Home office California
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1977, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/09/1984
MSHA mine ID2601433
Mine name (MSHA)Tungsten Mountain Mill
Current operatorDesert Refining Inc
Current controller (parent)Mear Lloyd E
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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