The Section 15 Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Section 15 Tungsten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 15 Tungsten Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 4293
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Churchill 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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DOZER CUTS, DUMPS. STREAKS OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCUR ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND A SMALL LIMESTONE PENDANT 75 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE ASSAYING 0.75% WO3 WERE CONCENTRATED ON TABLES AT A SMALL MILL NEAR WEEKS. (MOORE, P. 24)
Comment (Geology): GOOD TUNSTEN SHOWS WERE LAMPED FROM SELECTIVE MATERIAL COLLECTED FROM CONTACT ZONES BETWEEN A GRANITE AND LIMESTONE, AND DUMPS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): ROAD TO THE AREA ALMOST GONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: $10,000 FROM 75 TONS OF ORE (QUADE, 1989)
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, JAMES G., GEOL. & MIN. DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTY, NEV. (1969) NBMG BULL 75
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 4293 VISIT, JULY 6, 1989.
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.
