Bay State Mine

The Bay State Mine is a tungsten, lead, and zinc mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bay State Mine
Secondary: Chihuahua
Secondary: Buckeye State
Secondary: Lincoln Claims

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Newark (Strawberry)

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942-44

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone, Nw Striking

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Production): TUNGSTEN ORE VALUED AT $73,000 WAS SHIPPED BETWEEN 1942-1944

Comment (Geology): ORE IN QUARTZ VEINS WITH A LITTLE CALCITE, AND IN DISCONTINUOUS STOCKWORKS OF QUARTZ IN THE BRECCIA ZONES THE LARGEST VEIN, THE CHIHUAHUA WAS UP TO 15 FEET WIDE, MORE THAN 1000 FEET LONG; THE LARGEST STOCKWORK MINED WAS 150 FEET LONG, 50 FEET WIDE, AND 50 FEET HIGH. THE SCHEELITE IS RESTRICTED, MOSTLY TO THE STOCKWORKS

Comment (Deposit): NEAR THE VEINS THE LIMESTONE IS HIGHLY SILICIFIED. THE LARGEST VEIN,THE CHIHUAHUA, WAS MINED ABOVE AND BELOW ADITS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF MINING CANYON. IT IS AS MUCH AS 15 FT WIDE. BOTH THE SULFIDE MINERALS AND THE SCHEELITE OCCUR IN THE QUARTZ AND IN THE SILICIFIED LIMESTONE AS VEINS OR SMALL IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES, BUT SCHEELITE ORE IS RESTRICTED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO THE STOCK WORK, WHERE IT IS COMMONLY ADJACENT TO, BUT NOT MIXED WITH, THE LEAD SILVER ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25

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

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.