The Rose Creek Ranch Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,921 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.85444, -117.89417
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Rose Creek Ranch Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rose Creek Ranch Prospect
Secondary: Unnamed Tungsten Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rose Creek 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
Discovery Year: 1951
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Location): ON EAST BANK OF ROSE CREEK
Comment (Development): THE PROSPECT WAS KNOWN IN 1939, BUT MOST OF THE EXPLORATION, CONSISTING OF 3 BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND SEVERAL PROSPE-CT PITS, WAS DONE IN 1953, WITH NO RECORDED PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT OF GRANODIORITE DIKES AND SILLS, ALL CUT BY FRACTURES THAT STRIKE E AND DIP STEEPLY N. TACTITE BANDS 2-4 FT WIDE -OCCUR LOCALLY ALONG THE FRACTURES. BANDS ARE LESS THAN 10 FT L-ONG AND CONTAIN ONLY A FEW CRYSTALS OF SCHEELITE WITH GARNET, -EPIDOTE, PYROXENE, AND QUARTZ. SAMPLES OF THE HIGHEST GRADE MA-TERIAL AVERAGE LESS THAN 0.1 % WO3.
Comment (Geology): NARROW TACTITE BANDS OCCUR IN ARGILLITE IN 3 WIDELY SEPARATED AREAS ADJACENT TO FRACTURES. BANDS VARY FROM 2-4 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1951, DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1953, CONSISTS OF 3 TRENCHES EXCAVATED BY A BULLDOZER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): 3 BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1963?, NBMG MINING DISTRICTFILE 293, ITEM 4.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTENDEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C., & BENSON, W.T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM
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.
