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General Tungsten Corp.

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037493
MRDS ID M035405
Record type Site
Current site name General Tungsten Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20817, 38.32076 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position EAST FLANK EXCELSIOR MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Douglas(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 005N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION .5 MI. UP SILVER DYKE CANYON FROM SILVER DYKE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20817, 38.32076
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILVER DYKE VEIN SYSTEM TRAVERSES THE PROPERTY AND IN PLACES IS 100 FEET WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1926 - 1929

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS, RESPECTIVELY 600 AND 300 FEET IN LENGTH, A SHAFT 50 FEET DEEP, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, TOTALING IN ALL ABOUT 1,000 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 ,RECON. OF MINING DIST. IN MINERAL CO., NEV. USBM, INFORMATION CIRCULAR

  • Production

    F ( 1 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER DYKE VEIN SYSTEM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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