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Georgia Claims

Past Producer in White Pine 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. 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 10046621
MRDS ID M241810
Record type Site
Current site name Georgia Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61336, 39.89021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2130

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Becky Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kern Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe 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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 065E 10 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MOUTH OF SPRING GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE CONTAINED 1.53-1.70% WO3
Result MOST VEINLETS CONTAINED ABOUT 0.12% WO3

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61336, 39.89021
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aurum District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period 1956
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.53-1.70% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 2 TONS SORTED ORE SHIPPED TO CHERRY CREEK MILL IN 1956.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-FT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT; SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES TOTALLING 150 FT IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., IN PRESS; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Production

    STAGER, H.K., IN PRESS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN THIN CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINLETS ALONG JOINTS AND IN NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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