Wild Cat Prospect

The Wild Cat Prospect is a tungsten and copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,413 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: Wild Cat Prospect

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 5,413 Feet (1,650 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten, Copper

Lat, Long: 40.83361, -118.22750

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Wild Cat Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wild Cat Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City District; Central District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGES 0.01% W03


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF EUGENE MOUNTAINS, IN WOODY CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): 15 TUNGSTEN CLAIMS LOCATED

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN THIN QUARTZ VEINS IN THE GRANODIORITE AS SMALL CRYSTALS WITH A LITTLE MAGNETITE AND SOME COPPER STAINING. VEINS ARE 10-15 FT APART, 4-20 INCHES THICK.


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA


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.