| Deposit ID | 10103947 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231454 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Scheelite Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Wayne Lode |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.14404, 40.77878 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 304N | 034E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED CONTAINED 0.5-0.75 % W03. |
|---|
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | Jungo Terrane - Turbiditic, fine-grained, terrigenous clastic rocks |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.61M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mill City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231454 |
LEMMON, D.M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
KERR, 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA:NBMG BULL. 21
KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15
TINGLEY, J.V., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1973.
STAGER, H. K., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | IN 1945 CROSSCUTS WERE EXTENDED FROM THE STANK MINE TO THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED ON THE 300 AND 400 LEVELS. THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED IS PART OF THE STANK-HUMBOLDT BELT ALONG WITH THE CODD, STANK, KEYES, GEORGE, SPRINGER AND HUMBOLDT WORKINGS. THE DEPOSIT'S NAME WAS APPLIED BECAUSE THE SCHEELITE FOUND IN THE DEPOSIT WAS THOUGHT TO FLUORESCE A MORE YELLOW -COLOR THAN THAT FROM THE NEARBY MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED IS PART OF THE STANK-HUMBOLDT BELT.THE YELLOW SCHEELITE TACTITE-LIMESTONE BED IS ABOUT 200 FT WEST OF THE STANK BED AND OCCUPIES THE SAME RELATIVE PO-SITION TO THE STANK BED AS DOES THE GEORGE BED. THE YELLOW SCH-EELITE AND GEORGE BEDS ARE PROBABLY FAULTED SEGMENTS OF THE SA-ME BED. ACCORDING TO KLEPPER (1943), THE BED WAS PRESENT IN TH-E YELLOW SCHEELITE MINE ONLY BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND THE 200 F-T LEVEL, AND IT EXTENDED FROM THE SPRINGER STOCK TO THE PRE-GR-ANODIORITE FAULT AT THE NORTH END OF THE STANK MINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1985 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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