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Owl Claim

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Bismuth
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098650
MRDS ID M233965
Record type Site
Current site name Owl Claim
Alternate or previous names Valley View, Hankins Property, Lakeview, Eddy Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4759, 40.35186 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF RUBY VALLEY POST OFFICE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin Lake SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 29N}28N 58E}58E 31}06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF DIRT ROAD IN CANYON ON EAST FLANK OF RUBY MOUNTAINS IN HUMBOLDT NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization Silication

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 > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.4759, 40.35186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 14.63M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Monzonite Sills

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Valley View (Ruby Valley)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1953-57
    Material ?
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.6 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1943, 20 TONS OF SORTED ORE WASHIPPED, CONTAINING 150 UNITS WO3.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT AND AN ON CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE LAYER 1 TO 6 INCHES WIDE FOR 48 FEET ALONG STRIKE CONTAINING SCHEELITE AND BISMUTH.
Deposit THE OWL CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT AND AN OPEN CUT. THE ORE GRADE ACCORDING TO M.R. KLEPPER (1943) WAS 1-5% WO3. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1994 Humphries, S. E. (Moyer, L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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