Blue Wing Mine

The Blue Wing Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,528 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: Blue Wing Mine
Secondary: Roop & Allen Claims
Secondary: Cloudy Day Claims.
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2865
Secondary: Blue Jay, Wild Bill,

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Juniper Range 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: 1968
Time Period: 1943, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1967-68
Material type: W03
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4-1.0 % W03

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2865 INCLUDES SOME QUARTZ BRECCIA WITH UNIDENTIFIED SULFIDES AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE TACTITE, CONTAINS -15 % FE, 0.15 % MG, 20 % CA, 0.1 % TI, +2000 PPM MN, 50 PPM BA-, 10 PPM CO, 150 PPM CU, 15 PPM MO, 5 PPM NI, 30 PPM SN, 200 P-PM V, 100 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): E FLANK OF S. END OF SAWAVE MOUNTAINS, ACCESSIBLE BYGOOD ROAD FROM THE EAST

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE

Comment (Development): SOME ROAD-BUILDING WAS IN PROGRESS AT THE SITE AT THE TIME OF EXAMINATION 1984

Comment (Deposit): 3 PARALLEL RIBS OF LIMESTONE IN GRANODIORITE HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED AND ALTERED TO TACTITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE. LIMESTONE PENDANTS TRACEABLE BY OUTCROPS AND PROSPECT WORKINGS FOR ABOUT 750 FT

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY 3 TRENCHES, 2 SHALLOW PITS, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 16 FEET DEEP FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH A NORTHDRIFT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 11 FEET. TUNGSTEN WAS MINED IN THE DISTRICT INTERMITTENTLY FROM WORLD WAR I UNTIL 1961. ORE GRADE LOW, 0.4 TO 0.8% WO3 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 3 TRENCHES, 2 SHALLOW PITS, AND A VERTICAL SHAFT 16 FT DEEP FROM THE BOTTOM OF WHICH A NORTH DRIFT HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 11 FT. ONE OF THE OLDER SHAFTS HAS BEEN ALMOST OBLITERATED BY THE OPEN PIT WHICH EXPOSED A 5-FT IACTITE ZONE.

Comment (Geology): 3 PARALLEL RIBS OF LIMESTONE IN GRANODIORITE HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED AND ALTERED TO TACTITE SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 18 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

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

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

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

Reference (Deposit): HESS & LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725-D

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.