The Scheelite Placer is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Scheelite Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Scheelite Placer
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Snake (Bonita) District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PIT SAMPLES AVERAGED 2.8 LB WO3/TON
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): SNAKE CREEK CANYON FLOOR WAS EXPLORED FOR PLACER SCHEELITE IN THE EARLY 1940'S. ABOUT 5 UNITS OF SHEELITE WERE RECOVERED FROM 110 YDS OF GRAVEL TREATED (ABOUT 1 LB/CU. YD
Comment (Location): IN SNAKE CREEK CANYON BELOW THE TILFORD (BONITA) MINE; UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP & RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE RANGED IN SIZE FROM 10 MESH TO NUGGETS WEIGHING 10 CB.
Comment (Workings): 44 PITS AND SHAFTS AS DEEP AS 25 FT WERE SUNK TO WATER LEVEL IN ALLUVIUM. THEY EXPLORED PART OF AN AREA 1200 FT LONG, 200-400 FT WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, MC. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL. 85, PT. II, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
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.
