The Walker Tri-State Mine is a tungsten mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 36.63528, -114.07639
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Walker Tri-State Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walker Tri-State Mine
Secondary: Silver Leaf
Secondary: Silver Leaf No. 1 Claims
Secondary: Mesquite
Secondary: Deer Trail
Secondary: Cabin Canyon
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Bunkerville
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rl Condie, Brent Walker
Production
Year: 1971
Time Period: 1953-71
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.2-1.0 Percent Wo3 Avg 0.43
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
Type: L
Description: Reverse Fault W/N 50 E, 65 S Bearing
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE IN 1960 DUE TO EXTENSIVE FLOODING. TWO DIAGRAMS IN BEAL, 1965 OF UPPER AND LOWER WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): NW OF VIRGIN MTNS., SE OF BUNKERVILLE RIDGE
Comment (Geology): HIGHER WO2 VALUES IN THE UPPER ADIT OF THE UPPER WORKINGS IN QUARTZ VEINS. ASSOCIATED HORNBLENDITE DIKES CONTAIN LIMITED AMOUNTS OF EXPANSIBLE HYDROBIOTITE. MINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE MINERAL BELT EXTENDING SE FROM ARIZONA BORDER TO 1.5 MILES NE OF VIRGIN PEAK.
References
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 179 .
Reference (Deposit): BEAL, LAURENCE H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BUNKERVILLE MINING DISTRICT, CLARK CO., NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU MINES BULL. 63 , P. 76 - 79 .
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.
