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Snow Bank Property

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037287
MRDS ID M031251
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Bank Property
Alternate or previous names Tungstate Claim
Related records 10174273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.13946, 39.68133 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TUNGSTONIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mass Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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

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 21N 69E 24 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • OFF THE ROAD UP MALLORY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

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 > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.13946, 39.68133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pluton Of Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Cut Along And Across The Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES RESEMBLE CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS 2 TO 3 FEET WIDE, EXTENDING 300 FEET AND 1100 FEET ALONG TWO OF THE PEGMATITE SILLS. DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE CONTAINED IN GRANULAR QUARTZ, CARBONATES, LIME SILICATES AND LIMONITE AFTER PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1972
Discoverer Nicki Degener And Nick Zakis Staked The Claims On Aug 10, 1971.

Mining district

District name Eagle (Kern, Pleasant Valley, Tungstonia)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Zakis

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1944
    Material ORE WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TEST SHIPMENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS, SHAFT

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1980. YELLOW JACKET WAS DISCOVERED BY C.F. TIMM OF CALLAO, UTAH AND SOLD TO H. F. CRUTCHLEY ABOUT 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

  • Deposit

    SAYEED, U.A., 1973, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE KERN MTS, WHITE PINE CO., NEV., AND JUAB CO., UTAH; UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PH.D. DISS.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1980, NOTES ON FIELD EXAMINATION 6-11-80.

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.

  • Production

    HOSE, ET. AL., 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LIMESTONE IS CUT BY FAULTS BOTH ACROSS AND ALONG BEDDING. SOME ARE OCCUPIED BY PEGMATITE DIKES AND SILLS OR BY QUARTZ VEINS. TWO ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG TWO OF THE PEGMATITE SILLS. THESE ARE 2-3 FT WIDE AND EXTEND 300 FT AND 1100 FT ALONG THE TWO SILLS. NO SCHEELITE IS FOUND IN THE PEGMATITES AND QUARTZ VEINS. THE ORE BODIES ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THE GRANITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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