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Arrowhead Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037754
MRDS ID M035941
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead Mine
Alternate or previous names Ski-High, Topaz, NBMG Sample Site #4299

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.39265, 38.60991 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position APPROX. 10 MI S - SW OF WELLINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Risue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 9N 23E; 24E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • 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 > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.39265, 38.60991
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N20W
    Dip 70SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SEDIMENTS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY DIKES AND SILLS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE, APLITE AND PEGMATITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wellington

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Barium Products And Mining Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 50300 Reno, Nv. 89513

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1951-1954
    Material W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Est Avg 1.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • UNSPECIFIED COPPER PRODUCTION FOR EARLIER YEARS OF OPERATION

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND NUMEROUS ADITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SOME PRODUCTION, BUT RECORDS ARE INCOMPLETE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .

  • Deposit

    UNPUBL. DMEA INFORMATION, USGS, MENLO PARK, CA.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARROWHEAD MINE, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE VISIT 7/10/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE GOLD EXPLORATION IN AREA DURING 1978 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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