The Oak Springtungsten Mine is a gemstone and tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 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
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gemstone, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.23583, -116.05222
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Oak Springtungsten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oak Springtungsten Mine
Secondary: Climax Group
Secondary: Climax Guard Group
Secondary: Tamney Tungsten Property
Secondary: Climax Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gemstone
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Springs District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pacific Bridge Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Rhyolite Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.22% WO3
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 0.7% WO3
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Development): LOCATED IN 1937 BY V.A. TAMNEY, GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES DID CONSIDERABLE EXPLORATION IN 1938 AND 1940, U.S. VANADIAM CORP. DID COMPLETE SAMPLING JOB IN 1939. SOME ORE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED IN 1917
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 315 FT ADIT WITH 950FT OF LATERALS-PLANS FOR ANOTHER ADIT WERE DROPPED DUE TO GOVERNMENT CLOSURE FOR TONOPAH BOMBING AND GUNNERY RANGE 38 X 69 FT STOPE. (GRANITE ADIT, GOLDFIELD ADIT. CARLISLE ADIT, DMEA DRIFT, BROAD LEDGE ADIT, GOUDLSTOPE.)
Comment (Deposit): 4-5 ORE SHOWINGS ON PROPERTY-ONE ON GRANITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT, THEOTHERS BED REPLACEMENT IN HANGING WALL OF WIDE, PROMINENT GARNET ZONES. ORE MINERALS OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH A QUARTZ VEIN IN LIMESTONE. IN PLACCES THE MINERALIZED ZONE EXTENDS OUT INTO THE LIMESTONE FORMING SMALL IREGULAR PODS.-SEVERAL ORE BODIES
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. 17 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOHNSON & HIBBARD, 1957 P. 381; NORBERG, J.R., 1977, P. 81.
Reference (Production): NORBERG, J.R., 1977.
Reference (Deposit): 11) QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982-83, FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Deposit): USGS, DMEA 4301, IDM-E1028 (TUNGSTEN) MAPS.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PRESS, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.S. AND D.E. HIBBARD, 1957, GEOL. OF THE A-EG. PROVING GROUNDS AREA, NEV: USGS BULL 1021-K, PP. 380-381
Reference (Deposit): BENSON, B.T., 1954, MEMORANDUM REPORT OF EXAMINATION; OAK SPRING TUNGSTEN, NYE CO., NEV. PROP. FILE NO. 7472.
Reference (Deposit): NORBERG, J.R., 1977, USBM, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS A.F.B., ETC.
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED, USBM DATA, 1963, NBMG FILE 243, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): 1957, FINAL REPORT: CLIMAX TUNGSTEN CO. (CLIMAX MINE) NYE CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND USGS DMEA FILE NO. 4660 (MERCURY).
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1938, UNPUBLISHED REPORT NBMG
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 39
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 139-140.
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.
