The South Sutton Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.77833, -118.13389
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South Sutton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Sutton Mine
Secondary: Sutton No. 1
Secondary: Sutton One South
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
Not available
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
Type: L
Description: Extensive Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRADE OF ORE 0.5% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE SUTTON (SOUTH) MINE IS LOCATED IN THE SUTTON BELT WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL LIMESTONE BEDS ABOUT 40 FT APART. ALSO LOCATED ON THIS BELT ARE THE NORTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, AND BAKER WORKINGS. THE SOUTH SUTTON IS OPENED BY 950-FOOT ADIT ALONG THE BEDS, INCLINED SHAFT, AND DRIFTS ON THE 100 & 200 LEVELS. MINING EXTENDED NORTH TO THE FRACTURED AREA NEAR THE SPRINGER STOCK CONTACT, & SOUTH TO THE LIMIT OF MINERALIZATION, NEAR STANK CANYON. NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL AND IS NOW CALLED SPRINGER MINE INCLUDING NORTH SUTTON, BAKER, UNCLE SAM, ORPHAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): OPENED BY A 950-FT ADIT, INCLINED SHAFT AND DRIFTS ON THE 100-FT AND 200-FT LEVELS. MINING EXTENDED NORTH TO THE FRACTURED AREA NEAR THE SPRINGER STOCK CONTACT AND SOUTH TO THE LIMIT OF MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Geology): BETWEEN SOUTH SUTTON MINE AND SPRINGER STOCK. THE SUTTON BEDS ARE BROKEN INTO MANY SMALL SEGMENTS BY FAULTING.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN THE SUTTON BELT, WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL LIMESTONE BEDS ABOUT 40 FT APART
Comment (Location): INCORPORATED INTO SPRINGER MINE. LOCATION FROM STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH NORTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, BAKER, ORPHAN
References
Reference (Deposit): KING, W.H., AND HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1950, INVESTIGATION OF NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, PERSHING COUNTY, NV, USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS, 4634
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 IN NEVADA, NBMG BULLITEN 105, P170,179
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
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.
