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Linka Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045161
MRDS ID M232845
Record type Site
Current site name Linka Mine
Alternate or previous names Garnetite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.83731, 39.32909 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spencer Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern 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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 17N 45E 07;08;18 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hyalite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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
    Rock unit name Intrusive Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Intrusive Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Antelope Valley
    Rock description Antelope Valley

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.83731, 39.32909
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountains Thrust

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Aureola

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOST ROCK IS A GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE, PERHAPS THE ANTELOPE VALLEY LIMESTONE. IT APPEARS TO BE FOLDED AND FRACTURED WITH BEDDING APPEARING VERTICAL. ORE GRADE MATERIAL HAS BEEN MINED DOWN TO THE 150 FT LEVEL, WHERE CONTACT WITH A HIGHLYFRIABLE, IRON-STAINED, COARSE-GRAINED GRANODIORITE IS EVIDENT. THE CONTACT DIPS 45-50 DEG TO THE ESE. A LATER, POSSIBLY QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE IS EVIDENT. ACIDIC DIKES ARE ALSO PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Steve Linka
Year of first production 1943

Mining district

District name Spencer Hot Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah International, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Peer, Gale
    Home office Austin, Nevada

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1943-1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.6% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Period 1951-1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.98% W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MAIN LINKA PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY A 210-FT VERTICAL SHAFT AND ONE WORKING LEVEL AT 150-FT. THE HILLSIDE SECTION TO THE SOUTHEAST IS DEVELOPED BY A 100-FT INCLINED SHAFT AND HAS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.88.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1953, UNPUBLISHED REPORT IN CONQUEST AND LINKA TUNGSTEN PROPERTIES, SMOKY VALLEY: NBMG FILES.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., AND BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON CONQUEST AND LINKA MINES; NBMG FILES.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF LINKA-CONQUEST TUNGSTEN PROPERTY, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: PERSONAL FILES OF J.V. TINGLEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LINKA CONSISTS OF 3 SEPARATE CONTIGUOUS SCHEELITE-HEARING TACTITE OCCURRENCES. THE LINKA DEPOSIT IS NEAR VERTICAL, PARALLELING THE INTRUSIVE CONTACT
Deposit TUNGSTEN WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LOW HILLS EAST OF SPENCER HOT SPRINGS BY STEVE LINKA OF AUSTIN, WHO LOCATED THE GARNETITE GROUP OF CLAIMS IN FEBRUARY 1941. SOME EXPLORATION IN 1943. THE PROPERTY WAS ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE NEXT 13 YEARS. IT IS DDEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS ALONG AN ORE ZONE THAT STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS MODDERATELY TO STEEPLY WEST. ALTHOUGH THE ORE SHOOTS THAT HAVE BEEN MINED WERE SMALL, THE GRADE WAS GOOD, AND THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT SIMILAR ORE SHOOTS ARE PRESENT ALONG THE CONTACT ZONE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THEMINE. A DEPOSIT WIDTH OF 20-30 FT IS INDICATED. SHAFTS ARE OPEN TO THE 150-FT LEVEL, BUT SUPPOSEDLY REACH TO THE 250-FT LEVEL. SOME STOPES ARE OPEN. DRILLING WAS PROGRESSING IN 1978; THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN CLOSED SINCE 1957. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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