The Golden Scheelite Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,531 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,531 Feet (1,686 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.51639, -118.86694
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Golden Scheelite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Scheelite Prospect
Secondary: Lincoln and Greenhorn Groups of Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Varyville District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIM AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY METAMORPHIC ROCKS ENCLOSED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE. SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS ALONG AND NEAR CONTACTS OF BIOTITE-FELDSPAR QUARTZ SCHIST WITH THE GRANITIC ROCK. EXPOSURES ARE POOR, BUT SCHEELITE APPEARS TO BE PRESENT IN ALL THE TACTITE, WHICH IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF PYROXENE, GARNET, AMPHIBOLE EPIDOTE, AND QUARTZ. MUCH OF THE SCHEELITE FLUORESCES CANARY YELLOW, INDICATIVE OF HIGH MOLYBDENUM CONTENT. TACTITE BODIES APPEAR TO BE SMALL AND TUNGSTEN CONTENT IS GENERALLY LOW, RANGING FROM 0.01 % TO 2 %, BUT AVERAGING ONLY ABOUT 0.25 % WO3.
Comment (Workings): 50 FT LONG OPEN CUT, 15 FT WIDE AND 15 FT DEEP, 60 FT LONG TRENCH, 20 FT TRENCH, OTHER SHALLOW SMALL TRENCHES.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH D011055, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
Comment (Location): ON A NORTH FORK OF BARTLETT CREEK ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF TOP OF BARTLETT PEAK.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED IN 1953 AND 1954. A SINGLE TRUCKLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO THE GETCHELL MILL IN 1953 CONTAINING 6 TONS OF 0.71 % WO3 ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.
Reference (Production): STAGER, (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.
