The Defiance Mine is a copper and tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.55, -114.61667
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Defiance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Defiance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1978
Time Period: 1972-1978
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.1-0.8 Percent Wo3
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
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.
