The Vernon Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,315 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: 5,315 Feet (1,620 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.41, -118.81417
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Vernon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vernon Mine
Secondary: Scheelite
Secondary: Sure Thing
Secondary: Dead Strike
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Seven Troughs District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
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
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY RESULTS ARE 0.52% W03. TUNGSTEN CONTENT RANGES FROM 0.01 TO 2.0 % WO3, BUT MOST OF THE ORE SHIPPED WAS HAND-SORTED TO AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 1.0 % WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): APPROX. 8.5 TONS HAND-SORTED ORE CONTAINING 1.4% WO3 WERE SHIPPED TO THE TOY MILL.
Comment (Deposit): MINE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY GRANODIORITE CUT BY SEVERAL THIN QUARTZ VEINS AND PEGMATITE DIKES. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL PODS AND ORE SHOOTS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS THAT RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES TO ABOUT 5 FEET IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, TRENCHES, PITS
Comment (Geology): THE GRANITE IS CUT BY A FISSURE QUARTZ VEIN. SCHEELITE OCCURS AT VARIOUS PLACES ALONG THE VEIN IN SMALL LOCALIZED PODS.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT 31 FEET LONG, SEVERAL TRENCHES ABOVE THE ADIT ALONG THE STRIKE OF THE VEIN, AND 2 SMALL PITS. APPROXIMATELY 8.5 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE WAS SHIPPED TO THE TOY MILL CONTAINING 1.4% WO3Z. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A. C., AND BENSON, W. T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, MEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977
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.
