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Snowstorm

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097775
MRDS ID D001225
Record type Site
Current site name Snowstorm
Alternate or previous names Snowwhite
Related records 10125544

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56681, 40.1385 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVELOCK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Lovelock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 26 30 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST FLANK OF TRINITY RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.1%-3.0% WO3

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL LENTICULAR PODS OF GARNET-EPIDOTE SKARN, 1 TO 6 INCHES WIDE AND LESS THAN 10 FEET LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Wayne Stoker

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rare Metals Corp. (Options)
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF 10 SHALLOW PITS OVER AN AREA OF 200 X 200 FEET.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION FAILED TO DISCOVER MINABLE ORE AND NOTHING WAS PRODUCED EXCEPT FOR 8 TONS OF LOW GRADE ORE IN 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V. , 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, PG 161.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLOCKY HORNFELS NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE.
Deposit UPDATED MATERIAL CAME FROM TINGLEY 1988 PUBLISHED DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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