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Cedar Chest Prospect

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044632
MRDS ID M232165
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Chest Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.80594, 38.52493 (WGS84)
Elevation 2213
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.06 MILES SE OF LITTLE PILOT PEAK., To Within 0.5 Mile., To Within 0.5 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Simon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 037E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.80594, 38.52493
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bell District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peterson, G. A. And John Dewar
    First year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1955-1956
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5-1.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 21g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58, TABLE 6.1

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-84 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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