Davis-Hicks Prospect

The Davis-Hicks Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,518 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

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Site Name

Primary: Davis-Hicks Prospect
Secondary: Scossa Prospect
Secondary: Great Northern Claims
Secondary: Big Wind

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Shon 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1944
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Avg 1.0 Percent Wo3
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1944
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Over 1 % Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Development): SCOSSA BROTHERS SHIPPED 32 TONS ORE TO THE METALS RESERVE CO. STOCKPILE IN 1944, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO PRODUCTION REPORTED SINCE THAT TIME.

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 31

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS IN TWO BEDS IN THE WINNEMUCCA FORMATION NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANITE. THE BEDS ARE 1400 FT APART, AVERAGE ABOUT 4 FT THICK, TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR ABOUT 100 FT. AVERAGE GRADE OF EXPOSED ORE IN 1944 WAS 0.75 % WO3.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1979 MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; 1964; NBMG, BULL. 59, PL. 1.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Production): NBMG BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN.1984)

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.