Lexington Mine

The Lexington Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,780 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Lexington Mine
Secondary: Lexington Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Lexington Canyon Mine
Secondary: Bonanza Mine
Secondary: Bonanzy Claims Or Mine
Secondary: Usbm Sample Locality #28.

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Lexington (Lexington Canyon, Shoshone)

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FROM THE PLACER, .75% WO3. SAMPLE ASSAYED 8.0 OZ/T AG: 0.18% CU: 0.10% PB (1981).

Materials

Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): MERGED WITH RECORD M241740 DUE TO SAME LOCATION. 3/29/91 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Production): 1918 ORE WORTH $20,000; 1941-42 ORE WORTH $80,000$80,000 WORTH PRODUCED 1941-1942.

Comment (Deposit): CALCITE VEINS UP TO 14 IN WIDE ALONG BEDDING. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS IN THE CALCITE. A BLOCK 600 FT X 100 FTX 15 FT DEEP PROBABLY CONTAINS PLACER SCHEELITE. NUMEROUS QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS WITH SMALL BLEBS OF SULFIDE MINERALS AND MINOR AZURITE STAINING.

Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, ORE OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, ONE VERTICAL, THE OTHER INCLINED 50 DEG E (BOTH CAVED); SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES. EXTENSIVE BACKHOE TRENCHING AND SURFACE BULLDOZING DONE RECENTLY (REPORTED IN 1983).

Comment (Development): 11 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS. THE EARLIEST REPORT OF PRODUCTION FROM THE DISTRICT WAS $20,000 WORTH OF SCHEELITE FROM THIS MINE IN 1918, FROM A SMALL STAMP MILL BUILT ON THE PROPERTY. IN 1941 A NEW 50 TPD CONCENTRATING PLANT WAS BUILT BY LEXINGTON MINES CO., AND SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WERE MILLED. SOME ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED IN 1968 AND 1976. IT WAS REPORTED IN 1983 THAT IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY ACTIVE.

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS IN THE CALCITE VEINS, UP TO 14 INCHES WIDE, ALONG THE BEDDING. ALLUVIUM IN THE SHAFT AREA CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF VEINS AND DISSEMINATED GRAINS AND NUGGETS OF PLACER SCHEELITE. HOST ROCKS OF DARK GREY TO BLACK LIMESTONE , SHALE, STRIKING S14E, DIP 34 NE.

References

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976, GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, UNPUBLISHED DATA, NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 6.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 105 P.219.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 68-83.

Reference (Production): HOSE, ET AL 1976. STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V.,1988 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 105 P.219.

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.