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Sacramento Mine

Past Producer in White Pine 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. 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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101413
MRDS ID D001260
Record type Site
Current site name Sacramento Mine
Alternate or previous names Sacramento Pass, Gilded Age Mine, Moyle Prospect, Woodman, Eagle Possibly Same As Gilded Age Or Woodman Mine
Related records 10223393

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.37807, 39.16883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Bastian Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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)

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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
15N 68E 17,18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST ON WEST SIDE OF SNAKE RANGE A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.37807, 39.16883
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, POCKETS
    Dip 35SW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sacramento

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1915-1916
    Material W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.0 % W03
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT, EXCLUDING WOODMAN AND GILDED AGE MINES

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE ONLY SLIGHTLY DEVELOPED BY SHORT ADITS, 2 SHAFTS, 2 SMALL STOPES, PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE SINCE 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, SMITH, 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 337, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.

  • Production

    HOSE, ET.AL., 1976, USBM, 1963, UNPUB DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS IN LARGE CRYSTALS AND THIN SEAMS ALONG CERTAIN LAYERS OF THE LIMESTONE WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTLY SILICIFIED AND REPLACED BY QUARTZ, SECONDARY CARBONATE AND SOME SILICATES. MINERALIZATION OCCURS OVER A STRIKE DISTANCE OF 400-500 FT AND A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 100-200FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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