The Georgia Claims is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,988 feet.
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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: 6,988 Feet (2,130 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.89028, -114.61250
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Georgia Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Georgia Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Aurum 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1956
Time Period: 1956
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.53-1.70% Wo3
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Joints, Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MOST VEINLETS CONTAINED ABOUT 0.12% WO3
Analytical Data: SORTED ORE CONTAINED 1.53-1.70% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN THIN CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINLETS ALONG JOINTS AND IN NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS
Comment (Workings): 25-FT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT; SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES TOTALLING 150 FT IN LENGTH
Comment (Production): ABOUT 2 TONS SORTED ORE SHIPPED TO CHERRY CREEK MILL IN 1956.
Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF SPRING GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PRESS; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., IN PRESS.
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.
