Lynch Creek Mine

The Lynch Creek Mine is a tungsten mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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

Name: Lynch Creek Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.35778, -117.04611

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Lynch Creek Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lynch Creek Mine
Secondary: Blue Horizon


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Birch Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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 veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCED ABOUT $5000 THROUGH 1969.

Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN-BEARING PEGMATITES IN METACEDIMENTARY ROCKS NERA THE GRANITIC CONTACT YIELD SMALL SCHEELITE TONNAGES. THE DEPOSIT ALSO CONTAINS SMALL POCKETS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF COLORLESS TO GREEN BERYL, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO BERYL PRODUCTION.

Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN-BEARING PEGMATITES

Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS WITH RAISES AND STOPES, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND TEST PITS

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO SHORT ADITS, WITH RAISES AND STOPES, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER, AND TEST PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.