The Zabriskie Tungsten Property is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Zabriskie Tungsten Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zabriskie Tungsten Property
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont (Philadelphia) 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
Owner Name: John Zabriskie And Mrs. E. S. Webber
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.6 % WO3 FROM "AVERAGE" VEIN MATERIAL
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL TUNGSTEN-BEARING VEINS OF WHICH ONE IS DOMINANT
References
Reference (Deposit): MCDANIEL, G.W., 1916, REPORT ON THE ZABRISKIE TUNGSTEN AND THE ZABRISKIE COPPER - MONARCH, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG, FILE 215, ITEM 1
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.
