The Granite Claims is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Granite Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Granite Claims
Secondary: Granite #1-#4. Near Sayeed Locality #3
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Eagle (Kern, Pleasant Valley, Tungstonia) 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: Paul Zakis
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Bleaching
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE SHOWS LOCAL COARSENING INTEXTURE
Comment (Development): INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1980
Comment (Location): AT END OF ROAD UP MALLORY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): BOXWORK. UV LAMP SHOWS WHAT MAY BE A FEW GRAINS OF SCHEELITE.
Comment (Workings): SMALL HOLE ABOUT 8 FT DEEP, SMALL INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 20 FT DEEP
References
Reference (Deposit): SAYEED, U.A., 1973, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE KERN MTS. PLUTONIC COMPLEX, WHITE PINE CO., NV., AND JUAB CO., UTAH; UNIV. OF NEB. PHD. DISSERTATION
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1980, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT
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.
