Everett Mines

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046920
MRDS ID M242149
Record type Site
Current site name Everett Mines
Alternate or previous names Everit, East Everit, West Everit, North Everit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3464, 38.80551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MILES S50E OF SHOSHONE POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 068E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MILE SSW OF TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE . UTM IS TO ONE OF SEVERAL ADITS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1956-1957 ORE AVERAGED 0.5-3.0% WO3. 1977-78 ORE AVERAGED 0.6-2.5% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Pole Canyon Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3464, 38.80551

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Offset Veins; Folding

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 40-70N
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Striking E-W, Dip 40-70n

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Total resources 10000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES MEASURABLE, INDICATED, AND INFERRED ORE FOR BOTH EAST EVERETT AND WEST EVERETT MINES

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 5 ADITS, WITH SUBLEVELS, STOPES, CONNECTING RAISES AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT II, P. 76-77

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 2 - MINE MAP

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR., NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1983, CRIB DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MAIN ORE SHOOTS, CUT AND OFFSET BY MANY FAULTS, HAVE BEEN MINED. THE WEST EVERIT VEIN ZONE RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 5 TO 50 FT BUT MAXIMUM WIDTH OF CONTINUOUS QUARTZ IS 25 FT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.