Molly Claims

The Molly Claims is a tungsten mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,469 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

Name: Molly Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.