Chase Mine

The Chase Mine is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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

Name: Chase Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 41.20333, -117.26528

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Chase Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chase Mine
Secondary: Chase Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Owner Name: Getchell Mine Inc. (Goldfield Inc.)


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Getchell Fault

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: LOW WO3 CONTENT
Analytical Data: UP TO 0.5% WO3


Materials

Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Location): 1 MILE S. OF GETCHELL MINE.

Comment (Development): EXPLORED IN 1943 AND AGAIN IN EARLY 1950'S. A FEW FEET OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 0.5 % WO3 WAS EXPOSED BY THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT WORK BUT THE QUANTITY AND GRADE- OF ORE WAS TOO LOW TO BE PROFITABLY MINED.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE AND POWELLITE OCCUR IN SMALL TACTITE BODIES AND SHEARED ARGILLITE ALONG THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS; SMALL TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE AND POWELLITE OCCUR IN SHEARED ARGILLITE

Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTED BY OPEN DITS IN 1943 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; UNIV. NEV BULL VOL 40, NO. 5; GEOL. 8 MIN. SER. NO. 44

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING; 1962 ; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUR. OF MINES, REPORT 2

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Production): HOBBS, S.W. & CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946.


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.