The Tom Cat Group is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.80028, -118.13444
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Tom Cat Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Cat Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Stank Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED UP TI 2%
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Geology): TACTITE AT THE TOM CAT PROSPECT IS RESTRICTED TO A FEW INCHES AND RAPIDLY GRADES INTO BARREN LIMESTONE ALONG STRIKE AWAY FROM THE CONTACT ZONE.
Comment (Workings): SINGLE SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP CONSISTS OF FOUR TOM CATS CHIEFLY UNDERLAID BY GRANITE. GRANITE REACHES SURFACE OF MOST OF THE GROUP, WITH A LARGE INCLUSION OF HORNFELS ON THE TOM CATS NOS. 1 AND 2 THAT CONTAINS TRACES OF LODE MATTER NTACTITE) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE IS RESTRICTED TO A FEW INCHES AND RAPIDLY GRADES INTO BARREN LIMESTONE ALONG STRIKE AWAY FROM THE CONTACT ZONE. AREA IS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE OLSEN STOCK AND INCLUDES SHALLOW PENDANTS OF HORNFELS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF T-HE STOCK. QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF OLSEN CANYON
Comment (Development): AREA OF CLAIMS WAS PROSPECTED IN 1918, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT DEPOSITS WERE FOUND
References
Reference (Deposit): HERSHEY, O.H., 1918, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1973, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, 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.
