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Gunmetal Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045334
MRDS ID M233040
Record type Site
Current site name Gunmetal Mine
Alternate or previous names Linsay, Sommerfield, Silver Tungsten King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.889, 38.38715 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 037E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS UP TO 1/2 IN. IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE AVERAGES 1% SCHEELITE.

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 Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.889, 38.38715
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabat Canyon Fault And Los Steers Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Granitic Bodies Contact With Luning Formation

Comments on the geologic information

  • LUNING FORMATION HAS A DIVERSE LITHOLOGY, BUT IT IS GENERALLY LIMESTONE, DOLOMITE AND SHALE. BED DIP 15 DEG-30DEG AND ARE 3-75 FT WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc.
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Period 1925,29,33
    Material W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.5 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN, THOUGHT TO BE SMALL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN PITS AND ABOUT 1000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. ABOUT 1924, THIS PROPERTY WAS WORKED BY THE HECEART COAL MINE SYNDICATE. THIS COMPANY CREATED A 25-TON MILL THAT EMPLOYED PNEUMATIC CONCENTRATION. OPERATIONS WERE DISCONTINUED IN 1927.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL, 58.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937. RECONNA ISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. FIRE 6941, 79P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE HAS REPLACED LIMESTONE BEDS NEAR AND ADJACENT TO GRANITIC ROCKS; MOST OF THE TACTITE BODIES ARE GENTLY DIPPING. BEDS ARE 3-7S FT. WIDE
Deposit PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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