Rock Hill Tungsten Mine and Mill

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

Name: Rock Hill Tungsten Mine and Mill  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

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.