The Unknown Tungsten is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,220 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,220 Feet (1,896 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.98167, -117.22472
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Unknown Tungsten MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unknown Tungsten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM DUMP NEAR CACTUS PROSPECT 1 MI SO. OF TIMLIN CREEK CONTAINED 15 PPM BE.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): ROCK FOUNDATIONS AND WALLS MAY INDICATE SOME PRE-1900 ERA WORK. SMALL MILL FOUNDATIONS MAY DATE FROM 1918, INDICATING SOME WWI ERA ACTIVITY. ; ECON.COM: DURING 1951-77 ABOUT 3,300 UNITS OF WO3 WAS PRODUCED FOR THE DISTRICT.
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT
Comment (Location): ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN MOUTHS OF SUMMIT CREEK AND TIMBLIN CREEK, 1/2 MI SO. OF THE CACTUS OR NEW HOPE PROSPECT.
Comment (Geology): TUNSTEN OCCURS IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ROCKS ADJACENT TO GRANITE PLUTONS.
Comment (Deposit): POD OF TACTITE AT CONTACT OF BIOTITE GRANODIORITE. LENSES OF SKARN OCCUR ALONG THE STRIKE OF CONTACT. TACTITE "BEDDING" NEAR VERTICAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., FIELD EXAMINATION, 18 SEPTEMBER 1981.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER AND TINGLEY,1988, TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 105, P. 153.
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.
