| Deposit ID | 10044912 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232545 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vernon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Scheelite, Sure Thing, Dead Strike |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.81516, 40.40989 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1620 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2 MILES SW OF VERNON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Seven Troughs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Granite Springs Valley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 028E | 03 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Result | ASSAY RESULTS ARE 0.52% W03. TUNGSTEN CONTENT RANGES FROM 0.01 TO 2.0 % WO3, BUT MOST OF THE ORE SHIPPED WAS HAND-SORTED TO AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 1.0 % WO3. |
|---|
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -118.81516, 40.40989 |
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| General form | PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 45-60E |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Discoverer | Carl E. Thompson And E.W. Dingee |
| District name | Seven Troughs District |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.45M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232545 |
JOHNSON, A. C., AND BENSON, W. T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM
JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, MEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
JOHNSON, M. G., 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY GRANODIORITE CUT BY SEVERAL THIN QUARTZ VEINS AND PEGMATITE DIKES. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL PODS AND ORE SHOOTS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS THAT RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES TO ABOUT 5 FEET IN WIDTH. |
| Deposit | DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT 31 FEET LONG, SEVERAL TRENCHES ABOVE THE ADIT ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE VEIN, AND 2 SMALL PITS. APPROXIMATELY 8.5 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED TO THE TOY MILL CONTAINING 1.4% WO3Z. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1987 | La Pointe, D.D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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