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Tungsten Prospect

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045095
MRDS ID M232757
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.30374, 41.13961 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 37 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 041E 25 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.25% WO3
Result 0.26% CU
Result 0.2 OZ/TON AG

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
    Rock unit name Osgood Mtns Stock
    Rock description Osgood Mtns Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.30374, 41.13961
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, IGNEOUS CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potosi District; Getchell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL PROSPECT PIT IN LIMESTONE.WILLDEN DESCRIBES THIS PROSPECT IN TABLE 19 AND LOCATES IT ON PLATE 3; NO OTHER DESCRIPTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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