The Unknown is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Unknown MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Alder
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn-Tactite (Silication)
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): SEVERAL CLAIMS LOCATED ALONG QTZ. MONZONITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT IN HOT SPRING AREA. SOME MINOR DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE IN 1954
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT OF QTZ. MONZONITE AND LIMESTONE
Comment (Geology): LOCATED NEAR HOT SPRING.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE QTZ MONZ.-LIMESTONE CONTACT IN THE HOT SPRINGS AREA, ON TACTITE AND FISSURE DEPOSITS. SOME MINOR DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE IN 1954. LOCATED ALONG BRUNEAU RIVER, NEAR HOT SPRING
References
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL, KENT, (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE, ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES #67
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.
