Oak Springtungsten Mine

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

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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.