Chase Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037015
MRDS ID M030029
Record type Site
Current site name Chase Mine
Alternate or previous names Chase Prospect
Related records 10271300, 10125205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26624, 41.20322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 40 MILES NE. OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 042E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE S. OF GETCHELL MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result LOW WO3 CONTENT
Result UP TO 0.5% WO3

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Preble Formation
    Rock description Preble Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26624, 41.20322

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Getchell Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granodiorite/Sedimentary Contact; Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE AND POWELLITE OCCUR IN SHEARED ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Getchell Mine Inc. (Goldfield Inc.)

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS; SMALL TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1943 AND AGAIN IN EARLY 1950'S. A FEW FEET OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 0.5 % WO3 WAS EXPOSED BY THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT WORK BUT THE QUANTITY AND GRADE- OF ORE WAS TOO LOW TO BE PROFITABLY MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; UNIV. NEV BULL VOL 40, NO. 5; GEOL. 8 MIN. SER. NO. 44

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING; 1962 ; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUR. OF MINES, REPORT 2

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Production

    HOBBS, S.W. & CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTED BY OPEN DITS IN 1943 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SCHEELITE AND POWELLITE OCCUR IN SMALL TACTITE BODIES AND SHEARED ARGILLITE ALONG THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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