Nightingale Mine

The Nightingale Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,879 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Nightingale Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Nightingale District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Year: 1918
Time Period: 1917-1918
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged About 0.5 % W03 Probably

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2861, TAKEN FROM THE TACTITE ZONE WITHIN THE WORKINGS AND SHOWING SCHEELITE SPECKS WHEN LAMPED, CONTAINS 10- % FE, 1% MG, +20 % CA, 0.2 % TI, +5000 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 0.1- PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 50 PPM BA, 1000 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 3-0 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 30 PPM NI, 1000 PPM PB, 7 PPM- SC, 30 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 1000 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 3-00 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS ALONG A PART OF THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT THAT TRENDS NORTH AND CUTS AT A SLIGHT ANGLE THE NEARLY VERTI-CAL SEDIMENTARY BEDS. THE CONTACT IS NEARLY VERTICAL TO A DEPT-H OF 350 FT. IRREGULAR BODIES OF QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUDE THE -METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS CLOSE TO THE GRANODIORITE BODY, AND AP-LITE AND PEGMATITE DIKES CUT BOTH THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND TH-E GRANODIORITE. TACTITE IN TABULAR BODIES 10 TO 50 FT THICK OC-CURS ALONG THE CONTACT WHERE LIMESTONE IS PRESENT. SCHEELITE, -WHICH IS PRESENT IN MINEABLE QUANTITIES ONLY IN PART OF THE TA-CTITE, OCCURS IN FOUR PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOTS ALONG A STRIKE LENG-TH OF ABOUT 1900 FT. THESE SHOOTS ARE FROM 100 TO 230 FT LONG,- FROM 7 TO 50 FT WIDE, AND EXTEND TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET BENE-ATH THE SURFACE. THE TACTITE CONTAINS ABUNDANT QUARTZ, EPIDOTE-, GARNET, HORNBLENDE, CALCITE, PYROXENE AND TREMOLITE, A LITTL-E PYRRHOTITE, MOLYBDENITE, CHALCOPYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRI-TE. SCHEELITE CONTENT OF THE ORE MINED RANGED FROM ABOUT 0.25 -%

Comment (Production): 25,000 SHORT TON UNITS OF WO3 1929-1939. ACCORDING TO STAGER, PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1918, 1924-1926, 1933-1942, 1954-1956 AND 1970-1971.

Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO THE TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION CO.IN 1929 AND IN 1933 THIS COMPANY BECAME THE GOLD, SILVER, AND -TUNGSTEN CO., INC. A MILL WAS BUILT IN 1930 BUT WAS OPERATED O-NLY INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1930 TO 1940. MOST OF THE ORE PRODUCED- WAS SHIPPED TO THE TOULON MILL. THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY- THE RARE METALS CORP. IN 1944. IN 1954-1956 THE MINE WAS OPER-ATED BY THE WOLFRAM COMPANY AND IN 1970-71 SPACE METALS,INC RE-WORKED THE OLD MILL TAILINGS AT THE TOULON MILL. IN 1984, THER-E WAS DRILLING GOING ON EAST OF THE MINE AREA.

Comment (Location): NEAR CREST OF THE SOUTHERN NIGHTINGALE RANGE ON EAST SIDE

Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1917 BY ALEX RANSON AND WAS LATER ACQUIRED BY THE GOLD-SILVER-TUNGSTEN CO. IN 1929. MOST OF THE ORE WAS MINED AFTER 1929. SCHEELITE CONCENTRATION VARIES IN ALTERNATING FINE-GRAINED AND COARSE-GRAINED LAYERS. THE SCHEELITE IS TYPICALLY DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE TACTITE IN EQUIDIMENSIONAL GRAINS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS IN DIAMETER BUT OCCURS AS IMPERFECTLY SHAPED CRYSTALS AS LARGE AS 1 INCH IN DIAMETER IN COARSE-GRAINED TACTITE LAYERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS, 4 SHALLOW SHAFTS, NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS AND PITS. EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, M-ANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN OPENED TO THE SURFACE BY TRENCHES OR ST-OPES, TOTAL ABOUT 1300 FT. DRILLING EAST OF MINE AREA

Comment (Geology): BOTH THE GRANODIORITE CONTACT AND LIMESTONE BEDS DIP STEEPLY, TACTITE BODIES THAT EXTEND ALONG THE CONTACT ARE NEARLY VERTICAL. SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE TACTITE IN EQUIDIMENSIONAL GRAINS 1/4" OR LESS IN DIAMETER; OCCURS AS IMPERFECTLY SHAPED CRYSTALS AS LARGE AS 1 INCH IN DIAMETER IN THE COARSE GRAINED TACTITE LAYERS.

Comment (Deposit): TO 2.0 % W03 AND PROBABLY AVERAGED ABOUT 0.5 % W03. THE TACT-ITE LAYERS ARE CUT BY MANY JOINTS THAT STRIKE EAST AND DIP GEN-TLY SOUTH. THE SCHEELITE CONTENT IS GREATER NEAR THE JOINTS,RE-SULTING IN BANDS OF ORE THAT CUT ACROSS THE BEDDING.

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W.C. & GUILD, P.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE NIGHTINGALE DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS BULL. 936-B

Reference (Deposit): HESS AND LARSEN, 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U S., USGS BULL. 725-D, P. 2827

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY; USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.,1962, NBM REPORT 2, P. 38.

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.,1979, NBMG OFR 79-3, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA, P. 168.

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

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

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.