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Hunt and Grunt Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047529
MRDS ID M242890
Record type Site
Current site name Hunt and Grunt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.25933, 40.02739 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tohakum Peak SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pyramid-Winnemucca Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 025N 024E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE FINE-TO MEDIUM-GRAINED, FLUORESCES BLUE-WHITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.25933, 40.02739
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nightingale District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT INCLINED STEEPLY WEST, 80 FT DEEP, NOT TIMBERED; HEADFRAME STILL IN PLACE CABIN SITE DATING FROM 1940'S.

Comments on development

  • LAST WORK IN 1940'S. RESTAKED IN 1982 AS HUNT AND GRUNT CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 SCALE MAP AREA

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL.1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT SUNK ON MARBLEIZED LIMESTONE/GRANITE CONTACT (GRANITE TO EAST, MARBLE AND HORNFELS TO WEST. BEDDING IN METASEDIMENTS AT SHAFT IS CONTURTED, STRIKE N 40-50 E, DIP 45-50 NW. A LENS OF MARBLE IS EXPOSED AT SHAFT COLLAR OVERLAIN TO WEST BY HORNFELS. FINE-GRAINED, BANDED GARNET-EPIDOTE-DIOPSIDE TACTITE WITH CLOTS OF WHITE QUARTZ FOUND ON SHAFT DUMP, SPARSE SCHEELITE PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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