The Red Hammer Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,234 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,234 Feet (1,900 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.03972, -119.22806
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Red Hammer Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Hammer Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2858
Secondary: Red Hammer Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Nightingale 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication Of Limestone
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2858 OF GARNETIFEROUS TACTITE CONTAINS 10% FE, 0.7% MG, 20% CA, 0.3% TI, +5000 PPM MN, 3 PPM AG, 500 PPM AS, 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS), 700 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 30 PPM BI, 20 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 150 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 200 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 500 PPM SR, 1000 PPM V, 300 PPM W, 30 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S
Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS AND DOZER CUTS
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD ROAD NORTH OF ALPINE AND NIGHTINGALE MINES . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS ARE ALONG A HIGHLY IRREGULAR CONTACT ZONE WHICH HAS BEEN EXPOSED BETWEEN METASEDIMENTS (MOSTLY LIMESTONES) AND THE GRANODIORITE. SAMPLE 2858 IS FROM THE BIGGEST OPEN PIT AND CONSISTS OF A ZONE SMALL GARNETIFEROUS ZONE WITH MINOR TUNGSTEN, COPPER AND ILSEMANNITE (MOLYBDENUM)
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL-I.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 17 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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.
