The Molly Claims is a tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,469 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: 5,469 Feet (1,667 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.02667, -118.16944
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Molly Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Molly Claims
Secondary: Black Horse Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1074
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: E-W Trending Anticline?
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication,Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON N. TRIBUTARY TO PINCMOT CREEK ABOUT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): COUNTY'S LEADING PRODUCER OF TUNGSTEN IN 1955, AND MAY HAVE COUNTY'S LARGEST OVERALL PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN.
Comment (Development): THE BLACK HORSE MINE YIELDED ORE IN 1942 AND IN EARLY & MID-1950'S. IT WAS THE COUNTY'S LEADING TUNGSTEN PRODUCER IN 1955 AND MAY HAVE THE LARGEST OVERALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE AND POWELLITE ARE DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE LAYERS 20 TO 60 FEET THICK.
Comment (Workings): WORKING CONSIST OF MAINE ADIT (TRENDING N85E) FOLLOWING BANDS OF GARNET AND EPIDOTE IN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE, AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P., AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OFESMERALDA COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL 78.
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING,J.H.,1964,TUNGSTEN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURSES OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL 65, P. 155-161
Reference (Deposit): SMITH,1982,FIELD EXAMINATION
Reference (Production): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H. (1972), P.59
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.
