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Pine Crow Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Beryllium, Bismuth
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045412
MRDS ID M233129
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Crow Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pine Crow No.1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.43095, 38.21437 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Huntoon Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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 04N 32E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Powellite Ore
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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.43095, 38.21437
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Striking Fault That Dips W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WOLFRAMITE AND SCHEELITE OCCUR AS HIGH-GRADE STREAKS IN QUARTE NODULES IN GOUGE IN A FAULT THAT STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST, AND CONTAINS UP TO 6 INCHES OF QUARTE AND 5 FEET OF GOUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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