Sugar Loaf-Holiday Group

The Sugar Loaf-Holiday Group is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sugar Loaf-Holiday Group
Secondary: Holiday Mine
Secondary: Sugarloaf, Holiday Extension #1 and #2 Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2824

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Seven Troughs 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

Owner Name: Farnam, Ellis K.
Years: 1953 - 1962

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

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

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2824 CONTAINS 7 % FE, 2 % MG, 3 % CA, 0.3 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 2000 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 10 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 500 PPM SR, 2000 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, AND 100 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Location): 2 MILES SE OF PORTER SPRING

Comment (Development): OPERATED 1953-1962; NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1984.

Comment (Deposit): LARGE ADIT HAS ROCK BOLTS TO SUPPORT THE CEILING IN NEAR VERTICAL SEDIMENTS BEARING S20E. SAMPLE 2824 IS OF VEIN MATERIAL IN THE ADIT ALONG CONTACT ZONE.

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS AND SHAFT; SIZEABLE WORKINGS.

References

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

Reference (Production): STAGER, (IN PREPARATION)

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

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 7 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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.