Geyser Ranch & Mill Site

The Geyser Ranch & Mill Site is a tungsten and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 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

Name: Geyser Ranch & Mill Site  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.67139, -114.70417

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Geyser Ranch & Mill Site MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Geyser Ranch & Mill Site
Secondary: Geyser Mine
Secondary: Gz Claims


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Patterson District; Patterson Pass District; Cave Valley District; Geyser Ranch 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: Sam Bida And Leon Belaustegui


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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 TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, 1 ADIT, OLD SHACH, BROKEN HEAD HOUSE. OLD MILLSITE BELOW WORKINGS

Comment (Location): ON EAST FLANK OF SCHELL CREEK RANGE NEAR HEAD OF MILL CREEK . ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF THE GEYSER RANCH.

Comment (Development): G Z CLAIMS LOCATED ON 5/6/81 NEARBY

Comment (Geology): POST MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT ON THE FAULT. QUARTZ VEINS ALONG SHEAR AND PARALLEL SHEAR. ALTERATION IN BOXWORK OR STRINGER PATTERN


References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 73, 187P

Reference (Deposit): FIELD CHECK BY SMITH/BENTZ, NBMG, 1981

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., 1983, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.


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.