The Unnamed Tungsten Prospects is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unnamed Tungsten Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Tungsten Prospects
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Staggs District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hornblende
Comments
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE IN PIECES AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER BUT MOSTLY MUCH SMALLER, VISIBLY FOLLOWING PLANES IN THE GARNET OR IN QUARTZ. THERE ARE TWO PRINCIPLE INCLUSIONS OF LIMESTONE ON SOUTH SIDE OF WILLOW GULCH WITH A LENGTH OF SOME HUNDREDS OF FEET, INTERRUPTED BY GRANODIORITE DIKES, AND AN EXPOSED WIDTH OF 25 FEET. PART OF GRANODIORITE NEAR THE DEPOSITS IS PROMINENTLY SHEETED IN PLATES 2 TO 6 FT. THICK, DIPPING 50 DEGREE N. 40 DEGREE W.
Comment (Deposit): PART OF A GROUP OF TACTITE BODIES IN AND AROUND A SMALL VALLEY CALLED WILLOW GULCH IN THE LAVA BED MTNS. EXTENT OF THESE DEPOSITS IS UNCERTAIN AS THE ROCKS ARE PARTLY COVERED BY SOIL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION IS ESTIMATED; UNCERTAIN; REPORTER REFERENCED THE "LOVELOCK NK 11-10 (1955)" QUADRANGLE MAP
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE IN PIECES AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER, BUT MOSTLY MUCH SMALLER, VISIBLY FOLLOWING PLANES IN THE GARNET OR IN QUARTZ. THERE ARE TWO PRINCIPLE INCLUSIONS OF LIMESTONE ON SOUTH SIDE OF WILLOW GULCH WITH A LENGTH OF SOME HUNDREDS OF FEET, INTERRUPTED BY GRANODIORITE DIKES, AND AN EXPOSED WIDTH OF 25 FEET. PART OF GRANODIORITE NEAR THE DEPOSITS IS PROMINENTLY SHEETED IN PLATES 2 TO 6 FT. THICK, DIPPING 50 DEGREES N. 40 DEGREES W.
References
Reference (Deposit): HESS AND LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725 D, P. 293
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
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.
