The Unnamed Tungsten is a tungsten mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 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: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.30528, -119.76944
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Unnamed Tungsten MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Tungsten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Galena 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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Skarn
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Skarn
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE IN TACTITE DEVELOPED ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT
Comment (Location): NEAR DENVER MINE. LAT/LONG ARE FROM JOHN AND OTHERS. UTM PLOTTED ON WASHOE CITY 7.5' TOPO., BASED ON GEOLOGY FROM TABOR AND OTHERS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH HAL BONHAM (16 JAN/92).
Comment (Other Database): NONE RECORDED
Comment (Development): "...OCCURRENCES ARE APPARENTLY TOO LOW GRADE TO BE WORKED PROFITABLY," BONHAM, 1969, P64
Comment (Commodity): BONHAM (1969, P.64) NOTES, "SMALL AMOUNTS" OF SCHEELITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVDADA BULL 70, P.64, (SITE 125 ON PLATE 2)
Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D.A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1 BY 2 QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, USGS MF-2154-B, SYMBOL #C9
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., AND ELLEN, S., 1975, WASHOE CITY QUADRANGLE GEOLOGIC MAP, NBMG ENVIRONMENTAL (URBAN) SERIES 5AG
Reference (Deposit): UNNAMED TUNGSTEN, GALENA DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY), NBMG
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., AND JONES, R.B., 1978, WASHOE CITY QUADRANGLE ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP, NBMG ENVIRONMENTAL (URBAN) SERIES 5AH
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.
