The Snow Bank Property is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Snow Bank Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow Bank Property
Secondary: Tungstate Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Eagle (Kern, Pleasant Valley, Tungstonia)
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: Paul Zakis
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1944
Material type: ORE WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1972
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pluton Of Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite
Type: L
Description: Faults Cut Along And Across The Bedding
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE LIMESTONE IS CUT BY FAULTS BOTH ACROSS AND ALONG BEDDING. SOME ARE OCCUPIED BY PEGMATITE DIKES AND SILLS OR BY QUARTZ VEINS. TWO ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG TWO OF THE PEGMATITE SILLS. THESE ARE 2-3 FT WIDE AND EXTEND 300 FT AND 1100 FT ALONG THE TWO SILLS. NO SCHEELITE IS FOUND IN THE PEGMATITES AND QUARTZ VEINS. THE ORE BODIES ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THE GRANITE CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW OPEN CUTS, SHAFT
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES RESEMBLE CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS 2 TO 3 FEET WIDE, EXTENDING 300 FEET AND 1100 FEET ALONG TWO OF THE PEGMATITE SILLS. DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE CONTAINED IN GRANULAR QUARTZ, CARBONATES, LIME SILICATES AND LIMONITE AFTER PYRITE.
Comment (Location): OFF THE ROAD UP MALLORY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): TEST SHIPMENT
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1980. YELLOW JACKET WAS DISCOVERED BY C.F. TIMM OF CALLAO, UTAH AND SOLD TO H. F. CRUTCHLEY ABOUT 1943.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): SAYEED, U.A., 1973, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE KERN MTS, WHITE PINE CO., NEV., AND JUAB CO., UTAH; UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PH.D. DISS.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1980, NOTES ON FIELD EXAMINATION 6-11-80.
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.
Reference (Production): HOSE, ET. AL., 1976
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.
