Defiance Mine

The Defiance Mine is a tungsten and copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,923 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Defiance Mine
Secondary: Defiance Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum

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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Workings): INACCESSIBLE SHAFT AND 2 OPEN CUTS IN 1916. 3 VERTICAL SHAFTS AND SEVERAL PITS.

Comment (Geology): IRREGULAR MINERALIZATION HAS OCCURRED ALONG THE FISSURE GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE BODIES UP TO 15 FT WIDE DEVELOPED ALONG CONTACTS OF SYENITE PORPHYRY DIKES.

Comment (Location): ON A LOW RIDGE BETWEEN 2 SMALL CANYONS, N OF AND ADJACENT TO THE KANSAS MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): MINED FOR COPPER 1928-1942.

Comment (Deposit): SMALL OREBODIES IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED ALONG FISSURE. SMALL BODIES OF CELLULAR IRON OXIDE AND DARK GREENISH GARNET CARRY ORE MINERALS.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): HOSE R. K., BLAKE M. C., AND SMITH R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION

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

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983 MILS DATA.

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.