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Hub Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008797
MRDS ID D001196
Record type Site
Current site name Hub Mine
Alternate or previous names Hub Basin Mine, Tilford, Usbm Sample Localities 22, And 23. Claims: Hub, North Hub No.2, Kaspone, Cone, Star, Moonshine, Bluebird, Coyote, Western Belle, Bell, Spring, Western View, Great Western, Rim, North Star, North Hub, Illinois, South Hub, Hubnerite, Wolframite, Tungsten, Canyon, Northern Light, Lookout, Lookout No. 2, Wedge, Great Eastern, Eagle, Tungsten Extension, Big Chunk, Tungstic, Side Issue, Pluto, Cracker Jack, Joe Bowers, Bluff.
Related records 10198262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35085, 38.94995 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377

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)

Spring-Steptoe 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 068E 28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST: 16060008

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE ORE GRADE WAS ABOUT 1.4 % WO3 BUT ONE SHIPMENT OF SORTED ORE RAN 20 % WO3

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS IN 1981 RANGED FROM 0.01 TO 0.6% W WITH MINOR CU PB,AG. USBM SAMPLE #22, A DUMP GRAB (5-FT GRID) YIELDED 0.6 OZ/T AG, 0.11% PB, NO AU CU SB W. USBM SAMPLE #23, A 4-IN CHIP SAMPLE, YIELDED A TRACE AU, 0.03% PB, NO AG CU SB W.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35085, 38.94995
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip 55-75 NW OR SE TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 1609.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cracks And Fissures In Quartz Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGEST ORE SHOOT WAS MINED BY A STOPE 70 FT LONG AND UP TO 60 FT HIGH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1899

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tungsten Mine And Milling Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1900-1916, 1941-1944, 1950-1955
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • U.S. TUNGSTEN OPERATED LODE AND PLACER OPERATIONS AND SHIPPED W CONCENTRATE IN 1916.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1912
    Total resources 5000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 2.4 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1912

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS INCLUDES ORE IN SIGHT, PROBABLE ORE AND UNDEVELOPED POSSIBLE ORE IN 1912, MUCH OR MOST OF WHICH WAS PROBABLY DEPLETED BY SUBSEQUENT MINING.

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY ADITS,SHAFTS, PITS, TRENCHES. MAIN ADIT IS 1800 FT LONG WITH AN INCLINED RAISE TO THE SURFACE ABOUT 500 FEET ABOVE. VEIN WAS STOPED TO SURFACE AT INTERVALS FOR ABOUT 1000 FT ALONG STRIKE. DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A 50-TON CONCENTRATING MILL AND A 6000-FT DITCH.

Comments on development

  • IN 1899 W. GABY AND W. BUNTIN LOCATED THE FIRST MINING CLAIMS AND MADE THE FIRST ORE SHIPMENT. 10 TONS OF CONCENTRATE WAS RECOVERED IN 1900 AND AN ADIT WAS SOON STARTED. DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED BY J.H. MARRIOTT (1900-1904), BY THE TUNGSTEN MINING AND MILLING CO. (1904-1909), AND BY HUEBNERITE TUNGSTEN CO (1909-1910), AND IN 1910 U.S. TUNGSTEN CORP BUILT A 50-TON GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL IN HUB BASIN WHICH OPERATED IN 1911, WAS RECONDITIONED IN 1915, AND PRODUCED 1915-1916. PLACER PRODUCTION OCCURRED IN 1941 AND THE DUMPS WERE REWORKED IN 1950 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K.,BLAKE, M.C. JR.,AND SMITH,R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT II, P. 79.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEV NEWSLETTER PUB CO, RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. CLIPPINGS, 1909,1912, NBMG FILE 341.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1982, CRIB DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.

  • Deposit

    WEEKS, F.B., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P. 263-270. 11.) HUSTON, M.B., 1912, PRELIM. REPORT ON TUNGSTEN MINING AND MILLING CO.'S PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 341, ITEM 2.

  • Production

    STAGER,H.K., IN PREPARATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    HUSTON, M.B., 1912

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HUEBNERITE OCCURS IN 6 OR MORE NARROW QUARTZ VEINS RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT WIDE. HUEBNERITE IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AS FINE GRAINS AND CRYSTALS UP TO 3 INCHES LONG DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ AND AS VEINLETS AND LENSES UP TO 3 INCHES WIDE ALONG FRACTURES IN THE QUARTZ. MOST ORE CAME FROM NEAR-SURFACE STOPES ON THE HUB VEIN. ALSO, GOOD ORE FROM THE SIDE ISSUE VEIN. RICHEST ORE WAS IN 15-25 FT LONG SHOOTS. BOTTOM OF VEINS WAS NEVER REACHED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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