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Unknown Tungsten

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045814
MRDS ID M233648
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22565, 38.98159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1896
Relative position ABOUT 2.2 AIRMILES N85W FROM TURKS RANCH OFF RTE 8A, APPROX. 60 MI N OF TONAPAH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carvers NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 042E 23 NW OF NW OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN MOUTHS OF SUMMIT CREEK AND TIMBLIN CREEK, 1/2 MI SO. OF THE CACTUS OR NEW HOPE PROSPECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM DUMP NEAR CACTUS PROSPECT 1 MI SO. OF TIMLIN CREEK CONTAINED 15 PPM BE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22565, 38.98159
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 4.57M
  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNSTEN OCCURS IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ROCKS ADJACENT TO GRANITE PLUTONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT

Comments on development

  • ROCK FOUNDATIONS AND WALLS MAY INDICATE SOME PRE-1900 ERA WORK. SMALL MILL FOUNDATIONS MAY DATE FROM 1918, INDICATING SOME WWI ERA ACTIVITY. ; ECON.COM: DURING 1951-77 ABOUT 3,300 UNITS OF WO3 WAS PRODUCED FOR THE DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., FIELD EXAMINATION, 18 SEPTEMBER 1981.

  • Deposit

    STAGER AND TINGLEY,1988, TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 105, P. 153.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POD OF TACTITE AT CONTACT OF BIOTITE GRANODIORITE. LENSES OF SKARN OCCUR ALONG THE STRIKE OF CONTACT. TACTITE "BEDDING" NEAR VERTICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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