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Conquest Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104005
MRDS ID M232844
Record type Site
Current site name Conquest Mine
Alternate or previous names Peer - Peacock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.83259, 39.33325 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spencer Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 046E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Vinini
    Rock description Vinini

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.83259, 39.33325
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer Gale Peer

Mining district

District name Spencer Hot Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1944-1950
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.8-2.5% Woz Aug 1.0%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 3wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS; AND INCLINED SHAFT REACHES A DEPTH OF 100 FT., WITH LEVELS AT 50 AND 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, REPORT ON CONQUEST AND LINKA TUNGSTEN PROPERTIES, SMOKEY VALLEY: NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., AND BONHAM,H.F. JR., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON CONQUEST AND LINKA MINES, NBMG FILES.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF EXAMINATION OF LINKA-CONQUEST TUNGSTEN PROPERTY, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: PERSONAL FILES OF J.V. TINGLEY.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NBMG BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE- BEARING TACTITE BLOCK.
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS DEVELOPED BY OPEN PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS ALONG AN ORE ZONE THAT STRIKES NORTH AND DIPS MODERATELY TO STEEPLY WEST. ALTHOUGH THE ORE SHOOTS THAT HAVE BEEN MINED WERE SMALL, THE GRADE WAS GOOD, AND THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT SIMILAR ORE SHOOTS ARE PRESENT ALONG THE CONTACT ZONE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE MINE. THE MINE WAS FIRST LOCATED BY G.G. PEER OF AUSTIN IN 1943; THE FIRST ORE WAS SHIPPED N 1944. THE ORE IS RELATIVELY SOFT AND WAS MINED 20 FT FROM THE SURFACE. THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION WHICH INCLUDES DUPLICATE INFORMATION FROM D011340 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1994 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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