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Lexington Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Lead, 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. 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10037294
MRDS ID M031259
Record type Site
Current site name Lexington Mine
Alternate or previous names Lexington Tungsten Mine, Lexington Canyon Mine, Bonanza Mine, Bonanzy Claims Or Mine, Usbm Sample Locality #28.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.21251, 38.85134 (WGS84)
Elevation 2676
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF LEXINGTON CREEK. THE LEXINGTON DISTRICT IS SOUTH OF SNAKE CREEK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SNAKE RANGE, ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARRISON, UTAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arch Canyon(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

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 11N 69E 03 SE OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • MERGED WITH RECORD M241740 DUE TO SAME LOCATION. 3/29/91 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM THE PLACER, .75% WO3. SAMPLE ASSAYED 8.0 OZ/T AG: 0.18% CU: 0.10% PB (1981).

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Corset Spring Shale;Johns Wash Limestone;Lincoln Peaks
    Rock description Corset Spring Shale;Johns Wash Limestone;Lincoln Peaks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.21251, 38.85134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.46M
    Width 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes; Tactite Bodies

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS IN THE CALCITE VEINS, UP TO 14 INCHES WIDE, ALONG THE BEDDING. ALLUVIUM IN THE SHAFT AREA CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF VEINS AND DISSEMINATED GRAINS AND NUGGETS OF PLACER SCHEELITE. HOST ROCKS OF DARK GREY TO BLACK LIMESTONE , SHALE, STRIKING S14E, DIP 34 NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Lexington (Lexington Canyon, Shoshone)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1918 ORE WORTH $20,000; 1941-42 ORE WORTH $80,000$80,000 WORTH PRODUCED 1941-1942.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ORE OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, ONE VERTICAL, THE OTHER INCLINED 50 DEG E (BOTH CAVED); SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES. EXTENSIVE BACKHOE TRENCHING AND SURFACE BULLDOZING DONE RECENTLY (REPORTED IN 1983).

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS. THE EARLIEST REPORT OF PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT WAS $20,000 WORTH OF SCHEELITE FROM THIS MINE IN 1918, FROM A SMALL STAMP MILL BUILT ON THE PROPERTY. IN 1941 A NEW 50 TPD CONCENTRATING PLANT WAS BUILT BY LEXINGTON MINES CO., AND SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WERE MILLED. SOME ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED IN 1968 AND 1976. IT WAS REPORTED IN 1983 THAT IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY ACTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1963, UNPUBLISHED DATA, NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 6.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 105 P.219.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83.

  • Production

    HOSE, ET AL 1976. STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V.,1988 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 105 P.219.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE VEINS UP TO 14 IN WIDE ALONG BEDDING. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS IN THE CALCITE. A BLOCK 600 FT X 100 FTX 15 FT DEEP PROBABLY CONTAINS PLACER SCHEELITE. NUMEROUS QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS WITH SMALL BLEBS OF SULFIDE MINERALS AND MINOR AZURITE STAINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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