The Temple Group Mines is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.74167, -118.21667
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Temple Group Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Temple Group Mines
Secondary: Imlay Veiw Mine
Secondary: Whinery Tungsten
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2662
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City District; Central 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: LENS
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone, Joints
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization Of The Aplite; Sericitization Of Aplite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2662 OF QUARTZ, GARNET, PYRITE SKARN CONTAINS 15% FE, 0.5% MG, 3% CA, 0.05% TI, 5000 PPM MN, 50 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 5 PPM BE, 200 PPM BI, 70 PPM CD, 7 PPM CO, 30 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 20 PPM LA, 7 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 500 PPM PB, 150 PPM V, 300 PPM W, 15 PPM Y, 1500 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR. IN AN OPEN CUT, A HEIGHT OF 21 FT OF ROCK AVERAGES 0.2% W03, AND INSIDE THE ADIT, SEVERAL QUARTZITE RIBS 1.5 FT WIDE CONTAIN CONCENTRATIONS UP TO 1% W03.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-RICH SKARN AND GOSSAN LENS ALONG BEDDING PLANE IN HORNFELS. OUTCROP TO THE SW OF THE ADIT SHOWS SEVERAL 1-2 FT THICK BANDS OF GOSSANY SKARN IN HORNFELS OVER ABOUT 30 FT OF THICKNESS STAGER REPORTS A HORNBLENDE-ANDESITE DIKE AND APLITIC SILLS TO BE PRESENT WITH SCHEELITE OCCURRING ALONG JOINTS IN THE KAOLINIZED APLITE. SCHEELITE IS ALSO REPORTED TO BE PRESENT AS DISSEMINATIONS IN SHEARED, OXIDIZED HORNFELS AND BRECCIA. SOME ROCKS ON THE MAIN DUMP CONTAIN UP TO 30% PYRITE, ACCOUNTING FOR THE GOSSAN OUTCROPS.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, SHALLOW SHAFT, CUTS, ORE BIN AT PORTAL
Comment (Geology): GRANO DIORITE OUTCROPS IN THE WASH SOUTH OF THE MINE AND MAY UNDERLIE THE MINE AREA.
Comment (Location): NEAR SE END OF THE EUGENE MOUNTAINS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION BUT ORE BIN ATTESTS TO PROBABLE MINOR PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, 4/18/85.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.F., (IN PREP), TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.
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.
