| Deposit ID | 60000736 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | ISM0526 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Tem Piute District |
| Alternate or previous names | Lincoln Mine, Emerson Mine, Schofield Mine, Tempiute |
| Related records | 10295177 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.63417, 37.63326 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM 1:62,500 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tempiute Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Timpahute Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 | Lincoln |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| (1) | -115.63417, 37.63326 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | CONTACT ZONE OF GRANITE STOCK AND CARBONATE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Year of first production | 1937 |
| Year of last production | 1983 |
| District name | TEM PIUTE DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | UMETCO MINERALS CORP. |
| Home office | BISHOP, CA |
| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | UMETCO MINERALS COPR. |
| Home office | BISHOP, CA |
| Year | 1985 |
TSCHANZ,C.M., AND PAMPEYAN,G.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINC OLN COUNTY, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 73, P. 140-147. (MOST DATA ITEMS).
STAFF, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1977, UNION CARBIDE REVIVES NEVADA T UNGSTEN MINE, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 78, NO. 7, P. 129.
STAGER,H.K., (IN PREPARATION0, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU O F MINES BULLETIN.
HO,E., CHANGES IN THE PATTERN OF TUNGSTEN TRADE, IN MPR PUBLISHING SERVICES LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN: 1985, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SY MPOSIUM, MADRID, MAY 1 985, P. 183-191.
SMITH,A., 1979, TH MINING OF TUNGSTEN, IN MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, 1979, P. 32-63.
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