The Nevada Scheelite Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.0143, -118.32280
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Nevada Scheelite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nevada Scheelite Mine
Secondary: Leonard Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Scheelite Corp, (Subsidiary Of Kenna Metal Co.)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granite Intrusion
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MOST OF TACTITE ZONE CONTAINS 0.5%-1.5% WO3
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE-BEARING TACTITE ZONES HAVE BEEN WELL-OXIDIZED TO THE 200 FOOT LEVEL, AND TO LOWER LEVELS IN AREAS CRUSHED BY POST-MINERAL FAULTS. LIMONITE IS PRINCIPAL OXIDE MINERAL. LOCALLY TACTITE CONTAINS SEVERAL PERCENT OF W03 IN FORM OF FERRITUNGSTITE (?). SCHEELITE IS IN FORM OF SMALL CRYSTALS FROM SIZE OF PINHEAD UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. IN PLACES THE TACTITTE IS STAINED WITH COPPER. TACTITE ZONE IS 2 TO 50 FT WIDE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WITH 6 LEVELS EXTENDING IN A NW-SE DIRECTION
Comment (Location): IN SOUTHERN PART OF SAND SPRINGS RANGE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BIG KASOCK MOUNTAIN (1980) 1:24000
Comment (Production): FROM 1937-57 MINE PRODUCE AT RATE OF 130 TONS/DAY WITH BETTER THAN 1% W03
Comment (Development): CONSISTS OF 16 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS. MINE IN OPERATION FROM 1937 TO 1957, IN 1936 CLAIMS UNDER BOND & LEASE TO THE MILLS ALLOYS, LTD.
Comment (Geology): ROCKS IN AREA ARE CHIEFLY ANDESITES, BASALTS, AND TUFFS INTERBEDDED WITH A NEARLY VERTICAL STRATUM OF LIMESTONE THAT STRIKES NE AND HAS A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 500 FEET THESE FORMATIONS HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY GRANITIC STOCK, DIKES AND SILLS. IN THE VICINITY OF THE MINE SHAFT A PRE-GRANITE FAULT, STRIKING NW AND DIPPING 30-40DEGREES NE HAS BROKEN THE LIMESTONE DIPLACING THE NORTHEAST PORTION 350 FEET NORTHWEST: THIS FAULT LOCALLY CONTROLLED THE EMPLACEMENT OF THE GRANITE. POST-GRANITE FAULTS ARE WELL EXPOSED IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WHERE THEY ARE MAINLY RESTRICTED TO THE LIMESTONE-GRANITE CONTACT. ADJACENT TO THE GRANITE CONTACTS, LIMESTONE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO TACTITE IN ZONES VARYING FROM 15 TO 50 FEET WIDE. IN SOME PLACES, HORNFELS UP TO 40 FEET THICKNESS SEPARATE THE LIMESTONE FROM GRANITE PREVENTING THE ALTERATION OF THE LIMESTONE TO TACTITE. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS WITH GARNET, EPIDOTE, DROPSIDE, QUARTZ, CALCITE, LIMONITE AND CU-CARBONATES. PYRITE IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT,
Comment (Geology): AND IN SOME PLACES SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN NEVADA; USBM
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6941, P. 63
Reference (Deposit): STOPPER, ROBERT & KRAUSKOPF, K.B., JUNE 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR RAWHIDE, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, WAR MINERALS REPORT 362: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL USB
Reference (Production): JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963
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.
