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Big Wash Property

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046553
MRDS ID M241734
Record type Site
Current site name Big Wash Property
Alternate or previous names Taylor, Chapman, Chapman-Taylor Claims, Usbm Sample Localities #63,#64.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.26945, 38.89745 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Great Basin National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 069E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ON SOUTH SLOPE OF AN E-TRENDING RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYS IN 1981 SHOWED MINOR AMOUNTS OF PB, AG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS VARIED FROM 0.04 TO 6.75% WO3, AVERAGING LESS THAN 1.0% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.26945, 38.89745
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz-Filled Fractures Striking Ne To E With Steep Dips N

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lexington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1916-1917
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Less Than 1.0% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SELECTED AND SORTED ORE; NO PRODUCTION SINCE THEN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 39.62M
    Overall depth 5.18M
    Overall length 109.73M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 360 FT LONG BY 60 FT WIDE; 5 OPEN CUTS, 2 SHAFTS 10 AND 17 FT DEEP, A N-TRENDING ADIT 130 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA, NBMG FILE 339, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83

  • Production

    USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA; STAGER, IN PREP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS AS SCATTERED CRYSTALS 0.25 - 1.0 INCH IN QUARTZ SEAMS AND IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1983 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.

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