Sutton Ii Mine

The Sutton Ii Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,849 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sutton Ii Mine
Secondary: Sutton No. 2
Secondary: North Sutton Mine
Secondary: Springer Mine

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

Owner Name: Utah International, Inc., A. F. Metcalfe, Manager
Home Office: P. O. Box 325, Imlay, Nv 89418.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.4% WO3

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH SUTTON MINE WAS A SEPARATE DEPOSIT (M231463) BUT WAS MINED THROUGH THE SUTTON II WORKINGS. LOCATION FROM STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988).

Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE UNDERGOING CURRENT DEVELOPMENT IN 1983, EMPLOYING 11 PERSONS.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT ENCOMPASSES THE WEST BED, AND EAST SUTTON BED. PORTIONS OF THESE BEDS WERE FAULTED.

Comment (Workings): THE MINE OPENED BY AN ADIT 1220 FT LONG ON THE WEST BED WITH PARALLEL DRIFTS FOLLOWING THE EAST SUTTON BED. MOST OF THE ORE WAS REMOVED BY SURFACE MINING.

Comment (Deposit): NORTH SUTTON MINE OPENED BY AN ADIT, 1220 FT. LONG, ON THE WEST BED WITH PARALLEL DRIFTS FOLLOWING THE EAST SUTTON BED. THE NORTH SUTTON MINE IS PART OF THE SAME BELT AS SOUTH SUTTON MINE AND UNCLE SAM WORKINGS. PORTIONS OF THE SUTTON BEDS WERE FAULTED AND MOVED INTO POSITION PARALLEL AND EAST OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE. SOME ORE FROM THIS PORTION WAS TAKEN OUT FROM THE NORTH SUTTON UNDERGROUND, BUT MOST WAS REMOVED BY SURFACE METHODS FROM THE SUTTON FOOT WALL PIT. NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL AND IS NOW CALLED SPRINGER MINE WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE SOUTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, BAKER AND ORPHAN MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MAP 84, 1983, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.89

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1934, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 21

Reference (Deposit): STAGER H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 105, P.170, 179

Reference (Deposit): DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

Reference (Deposit): KING, W. H. AND HOLMES, G.H., JR., 19 , INVESTIGATION OF NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, PERSHING COUNTY, NV, USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4634

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.