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Tungsten Dyke

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037438
MRDS ID M035208
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Dyke
Alternate or previous names Poorman, Eagle Pass, Storm Cloud Claims, Poor Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20651, 38.47853 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Relative position NW BLACK DYKE MTN., 3 MI SW OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Dyke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 034E 08,09 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADITS .6 MI EAST OF BLUE RIBBON MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20651, 38.47853
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE STRINGERS IN LMST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marty Vidovich

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1954-1956
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5-1.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 58

  • Production

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATE LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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