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Wild Cat Prospect

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047279
MRDS ID M242556
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Cat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.22848, 40.8335 (WGS84)
Elevation 1650

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 033E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF EUGENE MOUNTAINS, IN WOODY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGES 0.01% W03

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.22848, 40.8335
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30-70 E
    Dip 55 E
    Thickness 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer R.E. Danner And Others Located Claims

Mining district

District name Mill City District; Central District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • 15 TUNGSTEN CLAIMS LOCATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN THIN QUARTZ VEINS IN THE GRANODIORITE AS SMALL CRYSTALS WITH A LITTLE MAGNETITE AND SOME COPPER STAINING. VEINS ARE 10-15 FT APART, 4-20 INCHES THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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