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T-Bone Mine

Past Producer in Lander 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045180
MRDS ID M232865
Record type Site
Current site name T-Bone Mine
Alternate or previous names Birch Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.04843, 39.36936 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NORTHEAST OF TOIYABE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 044E 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF SPANISH CANYON

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.04843, 39.36936
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 90
    Length 914.4M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Aureole

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE-BEARING LAYERS OF ACTIDOLITE-CALCITE OCCUR IN CONTACT-METAMORPHOSED MICA SCHIST NEAR A GRANODIORITE CONTACT. THREE MINERALIZED LAYERS, RANGING IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 10 FEET, OCCUR IN A ZONE ABOUT 30 FEET WIDE AND 3000 FEET LONG THAT STRIKES EAST-WEST AND IS VERTICAL OR STEEPLY DIPPING. THE TUNGSTEN CONTENT OF THESE LAYERS RANGES FROM A TRACE TO SEVERAL PERCENT, BUT THE GRADE OF THE ORE MINED HAS APPARENTLY AVERAGED LESS THAN 0.5% WO3.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1953-1955
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Est. To Avg.0.3 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF LOW GRADE MATERIAL HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHORT DRIFT ADIT AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS EXPLORED BY A SHORT DRIFT ADIT AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS ALONG THE OUTCROP. ; 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
Updater 01-FEB-1984 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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