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Zabriskie Tungsten Property

Occurrence in Nye 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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045692
MRDS ID M233483
Record type Site
Current site name Zabriskie Tungsten Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87091, 38.55076 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BELMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 045E 11,12,13,14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2.6 % WO3 FROM "AVERAGE" VEIN MATERIAL

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87091, 38.55076
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 80E
    Length 457.2M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting-Quartz Seams Along Fault Cracks Show Occasional Tungsten Values

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont (Philadelphia) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Zabriskie And Mrs. E. S. Webber

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCDANIEL, G.W., 1916, REPORT ON THE ZABRISKIE TUNGSTEN AND THE ZABRISKIE COPPER - MONARCH, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 215, ITEM 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL TUNGSTEN-BEARING VEINS OF WHICH ONE IS DOMINANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 La Pointe, D. D. 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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