The Rock Hill Tungsten Mine and Mill is a tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,669 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,669 Feet (1,423 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.15639, -117.95222
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Rock Hill Tungsten Mine and Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rock Hill Tungsten Mine and Mill
Secondary: Broken Toe Mine, Dhw Claims, Easter Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1083, 1084, and 1085.
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Rock Hill District (Redlick(?) 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: Tungsic. Inc.
Home Office: 505 N. Division St., Carson City, Nv, 8970.
Owner Name: Central Valley Mining Co. Halt. Hall, General Manager; Sid Mcbroome, Superintendent
Home Office: Fresno
Years: 1972 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Normal Faults, Most Beds Are Highly Contorted And Faulted Into Wide Range Of Attitudes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): CENTRAL VALLEY MINING CO. WAS PROCESSING 400-500 TONS PER DAY OF ORE IN 1972 IN A SINGLE SHIFT PER DAY
Comment (Deposit): THE INTROSIVE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY BRECCIATED WITH STOCKWORK VEINING, COSSAU AND BOXWORK; AND ABUNDANT PSICOMELINE COATING THE SURFACES. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF AT LEAST 3 STAGES OF BRECCIATION AND SURSEQUENT VEINING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): 400-500 TPD TUNGSTEN-PROCESSING PLANT WAS IN OPERATION IN 1972 MOST OF THE OLD WORKINGS HAVE BEEN DISTOYED IN THE PAST 5 YEARS, DUE TO EXPLORATION (1982).
Comment (Workings): SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO; ALSO MANY PITS, ADIT
Comment (Geology): THE BEDS ARE CUT BY HIGHLY FRACTURED, SULFIDE BEARING, VERTICAL CALCITE AND QUARTZ VEINS WITH SECONDARY MALACMITE COATINGS ON FRACTURE SURFACES.
Comment (Location): 9 MILES NNW OF COALDALE AND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF HIGHWAY 95; NORTH OF COLUMBUS SALT MARSH. . UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REESE RIVER REVEILLE, 1972.
References
Reference (Deposit): REESE RIVER REVEILLE, 8 MARCH 1972, "TUNGSTEN PLANT PROCESSES ORE"
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 72, P.59
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J., 1964, IN NBMG BULL 65, P.161
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG 30, 1982)
Reference (Production): REESE RIVER REVEILLE, 1972.
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.
