The Four Aces Mine is a tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 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: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.40639, -117.73667
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Four Aces Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Four Aces Mine
Secondary: Nw End of Sylvania Group: Four Aces Nos. 1-3 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Talc-Soapstone
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Sylvania (Green Mountain) 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: 1963
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Average, 0.2% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRADE OF PODS VARIES FROM A TRACE TO 0.52% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Talc
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 VERTICAL SHAFTS, ONE DECLINE, OVER 2000 FT OF STRIKE LENGTH OF PENDANT, TUNNELS, STOPES. COMPLETE FLOTATION MILL INCLUDING POWER PLANT AND ASSAY OFFICE ON SITE, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. MOST RECENT WORK WAS FROM DECLINE JUST WEST OF MILL.
Comment (Location): 3 CLAIMS. UTM IS TO MAIN ADIT ON THE CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): PODS OF TACTITE CONTAINING SPARSE CRYSTALS OF SCHEELITE. PODS VARY FROM A FOOT TO 6 FT IN DIAMETER. LENSES OF GARNET-EPIDOTE SKARN, WITH GOSSAN. E-W SHEAR ZONE CUTS SKARN. MINE WORKINGS APPEAR TO BE ALIGNED ALONG THE E-W STRUCTURE. AT HEADFRAME ON N SIDE OF CANYON, MARBLE-SKARN BAND STRIKES N 50-60 W IS NEAR VERTICAL. ZONE IS ABOUT 100 FT WIDE AND HAS IRON OXIDE-STAINED GOUGE ZONES ALONG IT.
Comment (Geology): MARBLE AT PORTAL ON S. SIDE OF CANYON STRIKES N10W, DIPS 70 NE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE FOUR ACES CLAIMS: NBMG FILE 102, ITEM 13.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, 17 AUGUST 1982
Reference (Production): USBM, 1963.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 78, P. 63-64, 71.
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.
