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Ellen B

Occurrence in Washoe 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043854
MRDS ID M231143
Record type Site
Current site name Ellen B

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.7685, 39.31684 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES S.E. WASHOE DIVIDE ON US 395, 17 MILES S. OF RENO, E. OF MCCLELLAN PK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washoe City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 020E 29,30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silication

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.7685, 39.31684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Walker Lane Fault System

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Contact, Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL, LENTICULAR PODS TACTITE ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. S. Hill
    First year 1962

Comments on the workings information

  • LOCATION INDEFINATE, DESCRIBED AS BEING IN SEC 9 (?) T16N, R20E, BUT LOCATION MORE LIKELY TO BE IN SEC 29 OR 30,T17N, R20E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.C., BENSON W.T., TUNGSTEN RESOURCES, NEVADA US.B.M. UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1963, ON FILE, NBM&G RENO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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