Unknown

The Unknown is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.