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Shelby Mine

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042448
MRDS ID M060249
Record type Site
Current site name Shelby Mine
Alternate or previous names Sheby Mine, New Toy, Seeby, Shyba, Sheba
Related records 10222212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.71237, 40.00434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toulon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 029E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHSIDE OF ST. ANTHONY: STOCK; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TOULON (1956) 1:62500; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TOULON (1956) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name St. Anthony Stock
    Rock description St. Anthony Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.71237, 40.00434
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description St. Anthony Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION FOUND IN OPENING THAT EXPOSES CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED CALCAREOUS & ARGILLACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ragged Top District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1953-1957
    Material W03
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^From Small Tonnages Containing 0.4-1.1 % W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Period 1953-1957
    Material ORE W
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4-1.1 % W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY THE TROJAN MINING CO IN 1953-54, THE NORTH WIND MINING CO. IN 1955-56 AND BY B. M. CLARK IN 1956-57, T-HE PROPERTY YIELDED SMALL TONNAGES OF ORE THAT AVERAGED ABOUT -0.5 % W03.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    STAGER, M. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, 17 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    STAGER, IN PREP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS ALONG THE EAST EDGE OF THE ST. ANTHONY GRANODIORITE STOCK WHERE IT IS IN CONTACT -WITH CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. ORE MINED CONTAINS FROM- 0.4 TO 1.1 % W03.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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