Falcon Prospect

The Falcon Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 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: Falcon Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2073

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Year Last Production: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Joints, Fractures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2073 OF QUARTZ VEIN AND DIKE MATERIAL CONTAINS 2% FE, 0.05% MG, 0.015% TI, 150 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, +1000 PPM BI, 15 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 300 PPM PB, 150 PPM V, 200 PPM ZN, 20 PPM ZR, AND 0.1 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): 5 MILES SW OF BELMONT BY FAIR DIRT ROAD NEAR MOUTH OF SILVER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): OLDER WORKINGS PROBABLY DATE FROM ACTIVITY IN 1864-1885. NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1985. ABOUT 37 TONS ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 0.5% WO3 (13 UNITS) WAS REPORTEDLY SHIPPED IN 1956

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ON QUARTZ VEINS AND APLITE DIKES HOSTED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE. DIKES AND VEINS ARE ALONG JOINT SETS AND COOLING FRACTURES IN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE. SHEARED QUARTZ VEINS REPORTEDLY CONTAIN HUEBNERITE AND/OR WOLFRAMITE.

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, ONE INCLINE AND SEVERAL ADITS; PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL. 99B, 1984.

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP).

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.