The Constellation Claims is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Constellation Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Constellation Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Black Horse 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Pedros
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS FOLLOW CONTACT BETWEEN GARNETIFEROUS SKARN WITH MINOR SHOWINGS OF MO AND SCHEELITE, AND CHERTSAND AND OTHER SILICIOUS SED. MAIN ADIT TRENDS S57W TURNING WESTWARD. . SHAFTS, PITS, AND CUTS.
Comment (Geology): STRINGERS OF CHRYSTALINE CALCITE CUT CRYSTALLINE CALCITE/MARBLE. ENTIRE RIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREA IS SKACN OF VARYING INTENSITY.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (AUG. 4, 1982)
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.
