The Cactus Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 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: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.98694, -117.22500
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Cactus Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cactus Prospect
Secondary: Unnamed Tunsten Property This Record Was Merged With Record #
Secondary: M233658
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year: 1954
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Est To Contain 1.0 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Toiyabe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: LARGE POCKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SCHEELITE AVERAGING 2-3 % WAS MINED(THIN SEAM). A GRAB SAMPLE IN 1980 FROM THE DUMP SHOWED 15 PPM BE
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE AT BASE OF NW DIPPING MARBLE BED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS.ALSO SURFACE WORKINGS(LAPOINTE).
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM #M233658 WHICH WAS DELETED. (LA POINTE RECORD FOR SURFACE WORKINGS) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 99B, (COMMODITY SECTION-TUNGSTEN).
Reference (Deposit): STAGER AND TINGLEY, 1988, TUNSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105.
Reference (Production): STAGER AND TINGLEY,1988, NBMG BULL. 105.
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.
