Crystal Claims

The Crystal Claims is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 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

Name: Crystal Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,098 Feet (1,554 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 37.22167, -116.06806

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Crystal Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crystal Claims


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Spring District


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Ninnis, Albert And Others
Years: 1951 -


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: Rhyolite Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Triassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FT SHAFT, A 70 FT SHAFT CONNECTED TO A 150 FT ADIT, AND MUCH TRENCHING.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE WAS MILLED.


References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 140


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.