The Midnight Tungsten is a tungsten mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,350 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: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.92972, -119.30778
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Midnight Tungsten MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midnight Tungsten
Secondary: Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Nightingale 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: J. And L Rassuchine, J And R Carrington
Years: 1978 -
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
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TACTITE OR SKARN ZONES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH STRUCTURAL TROUGHS AT OR NEAR LIMESTONE-GRANODIORITE CONTACTS AND ALONG STEEPLY DIPPING FAULTS OR FRACTURE SYSTEMS IN THE LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): RASSUCHINE, JEFFREY, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1978
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1978, FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, PL. I.
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.
