The Little Flower is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,890 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: 6,890 Feet (2,100 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.73667, -114.58917
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Little Flower MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Flower
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum (Siegel, Queens Springs Subdistrict)
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Lead
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS ALONG FAULT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE
Comment (Location): EST
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976, GEO. AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 85
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962 TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983 MILS DATA.
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA,ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; PREPARED FOR BLM.
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.
