The Forge Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,449 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,449 Feet (1,356 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.75, -118.15000
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Forge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Forge Mine
Secondary: Iron Forge Prospect
Secondary: Gold Coin
Secondary: Eureaka Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.5% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT FORGE MINE ONE LONG ADIT AND TWO SHORTER ONES WERE DRIVEN TO EXPOSE THE MOST PROMISING TACTITE BODIES, BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND. LIMESTONES CROPPING OUT ON FORGE PROPERTY ARE PARTIALLY REPLACED BY GARNET TACTITES AT A FEW POINTS ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT WITH THE INTRUSIVE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ADITS WERE DRIVEN TO EXPOSE THE MOST PROMISING TACTITE BODIES, BUT NO ORE WAS FOUND. THE FORGE MINE WAS THE FOCUS OF A SHORT-LIVED MOLYBDENUM EXPLORATION PROJECT IN THE LATE 1960'S. THE PROPERTY IS -NOW HELD (1983) BY GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (UTAH INTERNATIONAL) W-HO ALSO CONTROLS THE MAJOR TUNGSTEN PROPERTIES DIRECTLY TO THE- NORTH.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN IRREGULAR ZONES IN LIMESTONE AND TACTITE BEDS. AT LEAST 6 SEPARATE NARROW LIMESTONE BEDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE LARGELY HORNFELS SECTION. SHORT SEGMENTS OF 2 OR 3 SEPARATE LIMESTONE BEDS ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE MARGINS OF THE STOCK WHERE EXPOSED IN THE GULLY IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY. THESE BEDS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO MASSIVE GARNET TACTITE CONTAINING SCATTERED SCHEELITE. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CANYON, WHAT APPEAR TO BE OLDER MINE WORKINGS EXPLORE AN AREA OF QUARTZ VEINS IN THE GRANODIORITE. THE MOST EXTENSIVE MINE WORKINGS ARE EAST OF THE CANYON ON THE SOUTHERN POINT OF A SMALL SPURLIKE HILL OF HORNFELS WHICH JUTS AWAY FROM THE RANGE AT THIS POINT. A LONG DRIFT ADIT EXPOSES WEAKLY SILICIFIED ROCK WITH PODS OF GARNET WHICH HAVE FORMED ALONG A LIMESTONE BED FROM 10 TO 15 FT THICK. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION IS VERY SPARSE WHERE EXPOSED IN THE BACK OF THE DRIFT. A FOURTH LIMESTONEBED, WITH WEAK SILICATION CROPS OUT EAST OF THE ADIT AND 2
Comment (Deposit): MORE UNALTERED LIMESTONE BEDS CROP OUT FURTHER TO THE EAST ON THE LOWE FLANK OF THE HILL.
Comment (Workings): ONE LONG ADIT AND TWO SMALLER ONES
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN IRREGULAR ZONES IN LIMESTONE AND TACTITE BEDS
Comment (Location): ON SE FLANK OF EUGENE MOUNTAINS ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF THE OLD TUNGSTEN TOWNSITE.
Comment (Production): IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A SMALL TONNAGE OF ORE WAS MINED FROM THIS PROPERTY AND SHIPPED TO THE MILLS AT TUNGSTEN, BUT -NO RECORDS EXIST TO CONFIRM THIS.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, 1962, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 2
Nevada Gold
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