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Lynch Creek Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Beryllium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10045182
MRDS ID M232867
Record type Site
Current site name Lynch Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Horizon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.04704, 39.3577 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI SOUTH OF T-BONE

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.04704, 39.3577
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Aureole

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNGSTEN-BEARING PEGMATITES IN METACEDIMENTARY ROCKS NERA THE GRANITIC CONTACT YIELD SMALL SCHEELITE TONNAGES. THE DEPOSIT ALSO CONTAINS SMALL POCKETS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF COLORLESS TO GREEN BERYL, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO BERYL PRODUCTION.

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT $5000 THROUGH 1969.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS WITH RAISES AND STOPES, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND TEST 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN-BEARING PEGMATITES
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO SHORT ADITS, WITH RAISES AND STOPES, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER, AND TEST PITS. ; 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

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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