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Rye Patch Agnes Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten, Beryllium, Barium-Barite, Vanadium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042524
MRDS ID M060341
Record type Site
Current site name Rye Patch Agnes Mine
Alternate or previous names Shortino, NBMG Sample Site 2570
Related records 10174712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23515, 40.42989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position IN RYE PATCH AGNES CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Congress Canyon(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)

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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 033E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Scheelite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEO UP TO 0.0078%. SAMPLE 2570, OUTCROP CHIP OF BRECCIATED SHALES WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS, SCHEELITE, PB-SB OXIDES (?) CONTAINS 5 % F-E, 3 % MG, 0.7 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, -1000 PPM BA, 5 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 50 PP-M MO, 50 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 15 PPM SC, 2000 PPM V,- 20 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23515, 40.42989
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joint Planes; Low Angle Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, PODS, DISSEMINATED
    Strike N-S
    Dip SHALLOW WEST

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, IN PODS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN LIMESTONE, AND ALONG JOINT PLANES IN THE ADJACENT GRANODIORITE. BERYLLIUM OCCURS IN A ZONE OF SILICATED MARBLE ADJACENT TO THE GRANODIORITE, 50 FEET WIDE AND AT LEAST 200 FEET LONG. NO ASSURANCE THE BERYLLIUM IS RECOVERABLE. TOURMALINE OCCURS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS WITH SCHEELITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Rye Patch District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1954
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^From 9 Tons Ore Averaging 0.4 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT ON SITE OF OLD ADIT; MAINTAINED HOUSE ON PROPERTY. SOME W WAS PRODUCED IN 1954, MINED IN 1917-18.

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY WAS MINED FOR SILVER IN 1917-18. IN 1933 TUNGSTEN ORE WAS DISCOVERED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN WAS PRODUCED AT THAT TIME AND IN 1954. THE 1954 PRODUCTION WAS BY CHARLES SHORTINO AND CHARLES S. MOORE. THERE WAS NO MINING ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1-984, ALTHOUGH A HOUSE IS MAINTAINED ON THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING CO., NEVADA; USBM IC 6902

  • Deposit

    WARNER, ET AL., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NON PEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS PP 318

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, C.J., 1944, CONTACT METAMORPHISM AT RYE PATCH, NEVADA: GSA BULL. V. 55, P 921-950

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H. F., JR., 27 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, IN PODS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN LIMESTONE, AND ALONG JOINT PLANES IN THE ADJACENT GRANODIORITE. BERYLLIUM OCCURS IN A ZONE OF SILICATED MARBLE ADJACENT TO THE GRANODIORITE, 50 FEET WIDE AND AT LEAST 200 FEET LONG. NO ASSURANCE THE BERYLLIUM IS RECOVERABLE. TOURMALINE OCCURS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS WITH SCHEELITE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE OCCUR IN TACTITE THAT BORDERS A SMALL BODY OF QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE INTO LIMESTON-E. BRECCIATED AND SHATTERED PRIDA SHALE AND SHALEY LIMESTONE, -BOTH CARBONACEOUS, ARE EXPOSED IN OPEN PIT. GRANITIC ROCK IS E-XPOSED ON DUMP BUT NOT IN OPEN CUT. PRESUMABLY, THE OPEN CUT W-AS FOR TUNGSTEN. SHATTERED LENSES OF QUARTZ OCCUR IN BRECCIATE-D PRIDA; PRESUMABLY, THE QUARTZ CONTAINS SCHEELITE. GRANITE OU-TCROPS TO EAST OF MINE. SOME YELLOW OXIDE STAIN ON SHALE, LOOK-S LIKE PB-SB OXIDE, (OR VANADATE?). FAULT ZONE HAS NORTHERLY S-TRIKE AND SHALLOW WEST DIP.
Deposit THE PROPERTY WAS MINED FOR SILVER IN 1917-18. IN 1933 TUNGSTEN ORE WAS DISCOVERED. SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN WAS PRODUCED AT THAT TIME AND IN 1954. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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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