The Pearl Harbor Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.32972, -119.46639
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Pearl Harbor Tungsten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pearl Harbor Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Tungsten Flat
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Red Mountain 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
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1943,1954-56
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.89 Percent Wo3
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
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT IS IN A LAYER OF TACTITE 3 FEET WIDE AND 100 FEET LONG IN A SMALL PENDANT OF HORNFELS IN GRANITIC ROCKS. GRANITE CUTS OFF ORE BETWEEN 30 AND 50 FT. LEVELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA (1969) NBMG BULL 75
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S. USGS MAP MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)
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.
