The Flat Creek Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.71667, -117.63333
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Flat Creek Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flat Creek Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Mountain Queen
Secondary: Rebel Creek
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Rebel Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Development): NOT ACTIVE IN 1984.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): A LITTLE SCHEELITE IS REPORTED TO OCCUR IN A GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN 2 TO 8 FT THICK IN MICA SCHIST. THE VEIN AND- THE ENCLOSING SCHIST STRIKE N-S TO N20E AND DIP 20 TO 50 E. I-N 1943, A HIGH-GRADE BAND OF SCHEELITE ABOUT 1 FT WIDE WAS EXP-OSED IN THE SHAFT AND A SMALL QUANTITY OF MATERIAL ESTIMATED T-O CONTAIN 0.1 TO 0.2 % WO3 WAS EXPOSED IN AN UNDERHAND STOPE B-ELOW THE LOWER ADIT. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECORDED PRODUCTION OF -TUNGSTEN ORE FROM THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): 7 SHALLOW TRENCHES AND PITS, 2 ADITS 300 TO 400 FT LONG AND A NARROW IRREGULAR INCLINED SHAFT; UNDERHAND STOPE
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962., TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS. MAP MR-25
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
