The De Fender Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.21556, -118.41667
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De Fender Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: De Fender Mine
Secondary: Dough God
Secondary: No Good?
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1944,1952-54
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avgs 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
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1.5 MI. SE OF LITTLE HUNTOON VALLEY
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TACTITE MASSES UP TO 25 FEET THICK AND EXPOSED FOR STRIKE LENGTH AT A FEW HUNDRED FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)
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.
