The Ellen B is a tungsten mine located in Washoe county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ellen B MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ellen B
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
Owner Name: W. S. Hill
Years: 1962 -
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: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): LOCATION INDEFINATE, DESCRIBED AS BEING IN SEC 9 (?) T16N, R20E, BUT LOCATION MORE LIKELY TO BE IN SEC 29 OR 30,T17N, R20E
Comment (Geology): SMALL, LENTICULAR PODS TACTITE ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C., BENSON W.T., TUNGSTEN RESOURCES, NEVADA US.B.M. UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1963, ON FILE, NBM&G RENO
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.
