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Pearl Harbor 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043891
MRDS ID M231186
Record type Site
Current site name Pearl Harbor Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Tungsten Flat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.46738, 39.32962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 10 MI EAST OF DAYTON OF US 50

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Misfits Flat(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 022E 24 Nevada

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.46738, 39.32962
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hornfels Pendant

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Red Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1943,1954-56
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.89 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN A LAYER OF TACTITE 3 FEET WIDE AND 100 FEET LONG IN A SMALL PENDANT OF HORNFELS IN GRANITIC ROCKS. GRANITE CUTS OFF ORE BETWEEN 30 AND 50 FT. LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA (1969) NBMG BULL 75

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S. USGS MAP MR-25.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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