The Garnet Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.40361, -119.53778
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Garnet Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Garnet Tungsten Prospect
Secondary: Garnet Ridge Mine
Secondary: Nash Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Cottonwood District; Cottonwood Canyon 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
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, CONTACT ZONE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE BETWEEN RODEO AND BATTLESNAKE CREEKS ON EAST SIDE OF FOX RANGE
Comment (Deposit): SOME OF THE TACTITE IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN ABOUT 0.5 % WO3, BUT THE QUANTITY OF THIS MATERIAL IS LIMITED AND NO P-RODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL TRENCHES AND PITS
Comment (Deposit): THE WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN INTRUSIVE GRANODIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL. ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
