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Terrell Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Beryllium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111441
MRDS ID M231793
Record type Site
Current site name Terrell Mine
Alternate or previous names Northridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54531, 38.41412 (WGS84)
Elevation 1667
Relative position IN MUD SPRING BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullwhacker Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 057E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE ORE MINED CONTAINED 1% WO3 AND 16% ZN. A SELECTED SPECIMEN IN 1980 FROM THE DUMP CONTAIN 1% MN, 0.1% CU, 0.3% ZN, 50 PPM BE, OVER 1% W.

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Troy Peak Pluton
    Rock description Troy Peak Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54531, 38.41412
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Host Rock Strikes North And Dips 20w.

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL CRYSTALS DISSEMINATED
    Strike N60E
    Dip 35NW
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Fault Zone Striking N60e, Dipping 35nw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1954-57
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    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

  • $60,000 IN TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 75 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 60 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 300 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HYDE, JH AND HUTTRER, GW, 1970, GEOL. OF CENTRAL GRANT RANGE: AAPG BULL., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 503-521

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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