Wolframite

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149422
MRDS ID M231528
MAS/MILS ID 0320230047
Record type Site
Current site name Wolframite
Alternate or previous names Indian Camp Pre-1916, Zabriski Tungsten Property, Wolframite Mine, Indian Camp Nos. 1-5, Old Windlass No. 1
Related records 10044167

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.88531, 38.56603 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 045 E 02 C SENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.88531, 38.56603

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, 1963, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 65,

  • Deposit

    FIGURE NO. 34.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, 1950, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN GEOLOGY & MINERAL

  • Deposit

    SERIES NO. 5, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY, 1984, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 99B, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 138

  • Deposit

    (STAGER & TINGLEY).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JAN-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.