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South Sutton Mine

Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044121
MRDS ID M231462
Record type Site
Current site name South Sutton Mine
Alternate or previous names Sutton No. 1, Sutton One South, Springer Mine
Related records 10150056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13487, 40.77822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(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 034N 034E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INCORPORATED INTO SPRINGER MINE. LOCATION FROM STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result GRADE OF ORE 0.5% WO3

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 Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Lower Raspberry Formation;Springer Stock
    Rock description Lower Raspberry Formation;Springer Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lower Raspberry Formation
    Rock description Lower Raspberry Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13487, 40.77822
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Stank Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Extensive Faulting

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Bed Near Granodiorite Stock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • BETWEEN SOUTH SUTTON MINE AND SPRINGER STOCK. THE SUTTON BEDS ARE BROKEN INTO MANY SMALL SEGMENTS BY FAULTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mill City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH NORTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, BAKER, ORPHAN

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY A 950-FT ADIT, INCLINED SHAFT AND DRIFTS ON THE 100-FT AND 200-FT LEVELS. MINING EXTENDED NORTH TO THE FRACTURED AREA NEAR THE SPRINGER STOCK CONTACT AND SOUTH TO THE LIMIT OF MINERALIZATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.89

  • Deposit

    KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15

  • Deposit

    KERR, 1934, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.21

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA, NBMG BULLITEN 105, P170,179

  • Deposit

    KING, W.H., AND HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, PERSHING COUNTY, NV, USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, 4634

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN THE SUTTON BELT, WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL LIMESTONE BEDS ABOUT 40 FT APART
Deposit THE SUTTON (SOUTH) MINE IS LOCATED IN THE SUTTON BELT WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL LIMESTONE BEDS ABOUT 40 FT APART. ALSO LOCATED ON THIS BELT ARE THE NORTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, AND BAKER WORKINGS. THE SOUTH SUTTON IS OPENED BY 950-FOOT ADIT ALONG THE BEDS, INCLINED SHAFT, AND DRIFTS ON THE 100 & 200 LEVELS. MINING EXTENDED NORTH TO THE FRACTURED AREA NEAR THE SPRINGER STOCK CONTACT, & SOUTH TO THE LIMIT OF MINERALIZATION, NEAR STANK CANYON. NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL AND IS NOW CALLED SPRINGER MINE INCLUDING NORTH SUTTON, BAKER, UNCLE SAM, ORPHAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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