Coon Can Mines

The Coon Can Mines is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Coon Can Mines
Secondary: Jackpot Claims
Secondary: Toy Claim
Secondary: Lake Tungsten Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2653

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Ragged Top 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

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1979
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: St. Anthony Stock

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2653 WITH PALE BROWNISH GARNET, QUARTZ, DIOPSIDE, FE OXIDE PAINT, AND BLUE-WHITE-FLUORESCING SCHEELITE CONT-AINS 2 % FE, 1 % MG, 7 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 1.5 PPM AG,- 15 PPM B, 1000 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 70 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 20 P-PM LA, 5 PPM MO, 50 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, -150 PPM V, 50 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 300 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE BODY; SMALL ORE BODIES CONTAINING A FEW TENS TO A FEW HUNDRED OF TONS OF ORE ARE FOUND. MINE ON THE NORTH EDGE OF THE ST. ANTHONY STOCK, AND SEDIMENTARY BEDDING STRIKES ABOUT N40W, DIPS 30 N AWAY FROM- THE STOCK CONTACT. WALLROCK IS MAINLY HORNFELS, THIN, (1IN TO- 6 IN) LENSES OF WEAKLY SILICATED LIMESTONE IN HORNFELS SECTIO-N. THE UPPER (SOUTHERN) WORKINGS MAY BE IN PENDANTS OF SEDIMEN-TS WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE. THE SEDIMENTS SEEM TO FOLD AROUND -THE NE END OF THE GRANODIORITE MASS. SAMPLE 2653 CONSISTS OF W-EAK GARNET SKARN WITH VISIBLE SCHEELITE.

Comment (Workings): ADIT ON NORTH SIDE OF CANYON NEAR OLD CABIN, INCLINE SHAFTS AND CUTS ON RIDGE ON SOUTH SIDE OF CANYON.

Comment (Geology): MINE AT OPENING EXPOSING THE CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED CALCAREOUS & ARGILLACEOUS

Comment (Deposit): WORKED DURING 1952-56. THE PRODUCTION FIGURES INCLUDES THE SHEBA-ELENOR-TROJAN GROUP, BLUE WOLF MINE, AND TUNGSTEN BELL MINE (LOCATIONS UNKNOWN). THE COON CAN MINE IS LOCATED ALONG THE EAST EDGE OF THE ST. ANTHONY GRANODIORITE STOCK. IN A FEW PLACES SMALL ORE BODIES CONTAINING A FEW TENS OR FEW HUNDREDS OF TONS ARE FOUND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): EAST FLANK OF TRINITY RANGE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TOULON (1956) 1:62500; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TOULON (1956) 1:625000

Comment (Production): OVER 2310 TONS W. ORE MINED, 1952-1956.

Comment (Development): WORKED 1952-1956. OPERATED BY W. M. COONEY & SONS, 1951-56 WITH MOST OF THE ORE TREATED IN THE COONEY MILL AT TOY.

References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 17 APR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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

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

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977

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

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING CO., US BUR MINES INF CIRC 6902

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.