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T.N.T. Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Iron, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111451
MRDS ID M232753
Record type Site
Current site name T.N.T. Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27207, 41.21767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 40 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 042E 32 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC 32; 1 MILE WEST OF GETCHELL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching

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 Osgood Mtns. Stock
    Rock description Osgood Mtns. Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Meta-Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27207, 41.21767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Near Granodiorite Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE GRAINS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CALC-SILICATE ROCK THAT HAS BEEN BLEACHED & RECRYSTALLIZED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Potosi District; Getchell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner T. N. T. Inc.
    First year 1954

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.87% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, SEVERAL PROSPECT CUTS, AND A SHORT ADIT

Comments on development

  • A LITTLE ORE WAS MINED IN 1942, BUT MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS IN 1954 BY TNT INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBLODT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION (1986), NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

  • Production

    HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON CONTACT OF N END OF GRANODIORITE STOCK AND CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THIN DISCONTINUOUS LENSES OF LIMESTONE- AND LIMEY HORNFELS ARE INTERBEDDED IN ARGILLACEOUS HORNFELS S-TRIKING GENERALLY N WITH RANDOM DIP E AND W WHERE TRUNCATED BY- THE INTRUSIVE. SMALL BODIES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE WITH- LOCALLY ABUNDANT PYRITE OCCUR WHERE LIMY BEDS ARE IN CONTACT -WITH THE GRANODIORITE.THE OREBODY THAT WAS MINED FROM THE OPEN- PIT WAS ABOUT 5 FT WIDE, 80 FT LONG AND WAS MINED DOWN DIP AB-OUT 30 FT. ABOUT 600 TONS OF ORE THAT AVERAGED 0.87 % WO3 WERE- SHIPPED TO THE GETCHELL MILL IN 1954 AND ABOUT 525 UNITS WO3 -WERE RECOVERED. OTHER SMALL HIGH-GRADE PODS OF ORE MINED EARLI-ER YIELDED ABOUT 100 UNITS WO3.
Deposit OPERATED BY OPEN PIT FROM JULY TO DEC., 1954 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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