The Wright Canyon Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.39083, -118.18833
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Wright Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wright Canyon Mine
Secondary: Unnamed Tungsten Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rye Patch 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: Past Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE FIRST TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN THE DISTRICT, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN MINED SINCE A SMALL PRODUCTION- IN 1917-1918. A SHALLOW OPEN PIT ABOUT 10 FT DEEP, EXCAVATED -BY THOMAS D. ARNOLD AND F. L. FRAZIER WAS THE ONLY MINE WORKIN-G.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT HOLE EXPOSES 7 FT OF CONTACT-METAMORPHOSED LIMESTON. THE BLOCK APPEARS TO BE SMALL. SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE OCCUR IN METAMORPHOSED SILICEOUS LIMESTONE OVER A WIDE AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SMAL-L GRANODIORITE INTRUSION. A THIN VEINLET OF CHLOROPAL, ABOUT O-NE INCH WIDE WAS ALSO REPORTED TO OCCUR WITH THE TUNGSTEN DEPO-SIT.
Comment (Workings): A PROSPECT HOLE 10 FT DEEP
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE DIFFICULT TO SEE UNLESS ROCK IS PANNED. AN INCH THICK VEIN OF CHLOROPAL WAS FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): HESS & LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 725-D
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
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.
