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Section 15 Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Lyon 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043886
MRDS ID M231180
Record type Site
Current site name Section 15 Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site # 4293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27016, 39.34212 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST SLOPE, CHURCHILL BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Churchill Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 024E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27016, 39.34212
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOOD TUNSTEN SHOWS WERE LAMPED FROM SELECTIVE MATERIAL COLLECTED FROM CONTACT ZONES BETWEEN A GRANITE AND LIMESTONE, AND DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Churchill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DOZER CUTS, DUMPS. STREAKS OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCUR ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND A SMALL LIMESTONE PENDANT 75 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE ASSAYING 0.75% WO3 WERE CONCENTRATED ON TABLES AT A SMALL MILL NEAR WEEKS. (MOORE, P. 24)

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: $10,000 FROM 75 TONS OF ORE (QUADE, 1989)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, JAMES G., GEOL. & MIN. DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTY, NEV. (1969) NBMG BULL 75

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4293 VISIT, JULY 6, 1989.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROAD TO THE AREA ALMOST GONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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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