| Deposit ID | 10104116 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M242143 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Zig Zag Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Calico Mine, Zig Zag and Calico Claims, Usbm Sample Locality #183 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.34028, 38.81689 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2103 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
White Pine(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lund(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | White Pine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 011N | 068E | 16 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 1981 SAMPLE FROM TRENCH ASSAYED 0.43% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Pole Canyon Limestone | ||||
| Rock description | Pole Canyon Limestone | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.34028, 38.81689 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faulting Of Quartz Vein, Folding |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | E-W |
| Dip | 45-70N |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | WO3 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^From 18 Tons Ore Averaging 1.75% Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1963 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242143 |
HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85 PT. 22, P. 76-77
STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION, ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
NBMG FILE 331, ITEM 1 - USBM DATA, 1963.
LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.
USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION
USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WEST END OF SAME VEIN AS THE TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE, SEPARATED BY ALLUVIAL COVER. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALS IN A QUARTZ AND CALCITE GANGUE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1983 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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