Top Row Mine

The Top Row Mine is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,751 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

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Site Name

Primary: Top Row Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell 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

Owner Name: Getchell Mines, Inc.

Owner Name: Getchell Mines, Inc.
Years: 1964 -

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.3% Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
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: TABULAR, IRREGULAR & DISCONTINOUS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS IN LENTICULAR BODIES OF LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH ARGILLACEOUS HORNFELS, ADJACEN-T TO THE GRANODIORITE STOCK IN A SMALL RE-ENTRANT IN THE CONTA-CT.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT

Comment (Deposit): SMALL OPEN-PIT MINE OPERATED IN 1954 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): IN SW 1/4 SEC. 9, 1/4 MILE S. OF SUMMER CAMP CREEK

Comment (Development): GETCHELL MINES INC. OPERATED A SMALL OPEN PIT IN 1953 AND PRODUCED 2800 TONS ORE.

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P. E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, USGS PP 431.

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

Reference (Production): HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964.

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.