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Atlantic Claim

Occurrence in Elko 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046049
MRDS ID M233959
Record type Site
Current site name Atlantic Claim
Alternate or previous names Monarch, Black Forest

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83421, 40.55659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position N. OF MONARCH MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N 063E 14,13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silication

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 > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83421, 40.55659
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ponphyry Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on development

  • FEE, PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE MINERALIZATON OCCURS DISSEMINATED AND AS IRREGULAR STRINGERS IN THE DIKE ROCK ADJACENT TO THE TACTITE AS WELL AS IN THE TACTITE. THE PODS AND DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE OCCUR AT THE CONTACT FOR A DISTANCE OF 160 FEET. ORE GRADE WAS REPORTED TO VARY FROM 0.5 TO 2.0% WO3.
Deposit SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS DISSEMINATED AND AS IRREGULAR STRINGERS IN THE DIKE ROCK ADJACENT TO THE TACTITE, AS WELL AS IN THE TACTITE. THE PODS AND DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE OCCUR AT THE CONTACT FOR A DISTANCE OF 160 FT. ORE GRADED IS REPORTED TO UARY FROM 0.5 TO 2.0% WO3 MINERAL SURVEY 4680

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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