Vernon and Snowstrom Claims

The Vernon and Snowstrom Claims is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,774 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Vernon and Snowstrom Claims
Secondary: Terry Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2822

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Seven Troughs 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Irregular Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granitic Rock Altered Along Quartz Veins.

Rocks

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

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY=300 CPS (3X BG) OVER A 2 FT X 40 FT AREA. PEGMATITE SAMPLE YIELDED 7.0 PPM U308 AND GRANITIC DIKE SAMPLE YIELDED 9.0 PPM U308. GARSIDE REPORTS THAT AEC REPORTS A SAMPLE FROM THIS PROSPECT CONTAINED 1.026 % U308 AND 2.6 % W03. NBMG SAMPLE 2822, A CHANNEL SAMPLE CUT ACROSS THE VEIN IN THE CEILING OF THE ADIT, CONTAINS 15 % FE, 1.5 % MG, 20 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 5000 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 2 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 100 PPM MO, 70 PPM NI, 15 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 700 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 100 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, AND 70 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Microcline

Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1000 YDS SOUTH OF VERNON-PORTER SPRINGS ROAD, 1 MILE EAST OF PASS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1984.

Comment (Deposit): IRREGULARLY DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE IN SKARN, PEGMATITE, QUARTZ VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH CONTACT ZONE.

Comment (Workings): PITS, ADITS, AND INCLINE, SHALLOW DRIFT, NUMEROUS BULLDOZERCUTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): SMOUSE, DEFOREST, 1978, UNPUBLISHED URANIUM OCCURRENCE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM RECONN REPORT 3722, OPEN FILE.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 96.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 7 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Production): STAGER AND TINGLEY, IN PREP.

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.