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Oriole

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037324
MRDS ID M031306
Record type Site
Current site name Oriole
Related records 10198188

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35362, 38.80023 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
11N 68E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1982)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 0.4% WO3. 1981 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0-0.128 OZ/T AU AND 0.30-0.59% W.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35362, 38.80023
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, E Strike, 40-70 Deg N Dip

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W TO N75W
    Dip 45-70N TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intense Fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY IN COARSE CRYSTAL AGGREGATES OR IN VEINLETS IN QUARTZ ALONG FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Or Tungston

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1943
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4% Wo3,From About 8000 Tons Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE GRADE RANGED FROM .3% WO3 TO 2.5%. SOME POCKETS HAD UP TO 20% WO3. SCHEELITE CONCENTRATES FROM SOME LOCATIONS HAD UP TO 4 OZ. AG PER TON. FOR PRODUCTION RECORDS, SEE THE CHIEF MINE REPORT, WHICH LISTS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT REPORT. NO BREAKDOWN AVAILABLE . THIS PRODUCTION LISTED MAY INCLUDE ORE FROM OTHER MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MARGINAL ORE IN 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS AT WEST END AND ABOUT 1000 FT OF DRIFTS CROSSCUTS, RAISES, STOPES. 3 SHALLOW DRILLHOLES IN 2 FAULTED SEGMENTS EAST OF THE MINE.

Comments on development

  • THIS IS THE LEAST DEVELOPED OF THE MAJOR VEINS OF THE DISTRICT. USBM DRILLED THE EAST ORIOLE AREA IN 1940-1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 332, MINE MAP, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.

  • Deposit

    USBM,1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USBM,1950, R.I. 4648

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEMMON, D.M.,1944, USGS OFR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIOLE VEIN IS EXPOSED FOR 2000 FT ALONG STRIKE AND IS MOSTLY BARREN EXCEPT FOR SOME COARSELY CRYSTALLINE SCHEELITE ON THE CREST OF THE HILL ABOVE THE MINE AND SOME LOW-GRADE MINERALIZATION IN THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE VEIN EXPOSED EAST OF CHIEF CANYON. SCHEELITE IS VERY FINE GRAINED IN QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

Beyond USGS

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