The Snow Bird Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Snow Bird Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snow Bird Prospect
Secondary: A. C. Claim
Secondary: Unnamed Prospect Johnson, 1977
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2847
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Haystack 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: 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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2847 OF QUARTZ VEIN,MATERIAL AND CONTACT MATERIAL CONTAINS 2 % FE, 1 % MG, 3 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 0-.5 PPM AG, 0.05 PPM AU (AA ANALYSIS), 50 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 1 -PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 10 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB-, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 50 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LONG CANYON (1971) 1:24000
Comment (Deposit): TRACES OF SCHEELITE IN GRAY-GREEN, PORPHYRITIC, SILICEOUS SILL IN SLATE & HORNFELS. SCHEELITE AND SOME COPPER MINERALS OCCUR IN A GLASSY QUARTZ SILL IN HORNFELS. IT IS EXPOSED INTERMITTENTLY ALONG- STRIKE FOR MORE THAN 400 FT BY PROSPECT PITS AND THE SHAFT. O-NLY TRACES OF SCHEELITE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, AND NO TUNGSTEN ASS-AYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
Comment (Workings): A PIT AND A 10' INCLINED SHAFT; SEVERAL PITS
Comment (Geology): TRACES OF SCHEELITE IN GRAY-GREEN, PORPHYRITIC, SILICEOUS SILL IN SLATE & HORNFELS
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF A PIT AND A 10' INCLINED SHAFT SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHWESTERN UTAH-SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955-1961; VOL. 1; SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO. P. 33
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION 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.
