The Arrowhead Mine is a tungsten mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.61, -119.39167
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Arrowhead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrowhead Mine
Secondary: Ski-High
Secondary: Topaz
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #4299
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Wellington
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Barium Products And Mining Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 50300 Reno, Nv. 89513
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1951-1954
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Est Avg 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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SOME PRODUCTION, BUT RECORDS ARE INCOMPLETE.
Comment (Production): UNSPECIFIED COPPER PRODUCTION FOR EARLIER YEARS OF OPERATION
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND NUMEROUS ADITS
Comment (Deposit): ACTIVE GOLD EXPLORATION IN AREA DURING 1978 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Geology): THE SEDIMENTS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY DIKES AND SILLS OF QUARTZ MONZONITE, APLITE AND PEGMATITE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75 .
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBL. DMEA INFORMATION, USGS, MENLO PARK, CA.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN. 1984)
Reference (Deposit): ARROWHEAD MINE, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE VISIT 7/10/89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
Reference (Production): 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.
