Snow Bank Property

The Snow Bank Property is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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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: Snow Bank Property  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.68139, -114.13861

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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

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.