Little Flower

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

Name: Little Flower  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

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Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.