The Tungsten Dyke is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,440 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
Elevation: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.47861, -118.20556
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Tungsten Dyke MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Dyke
Secondary: Poorman
Secondary: Eagle Pass
Secondary: Storm Cloud Claims
Secondary: Poor Boy
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Marty Vidovich
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1954-1956
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.5-1.0 Percent Wo3
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE STRINGERS IN LMST.
Comment (Location): ADITS .6 MI EAST OF BLUE RIBBON MINE
References
Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 58
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.
