The Maher Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Maher Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maher Mine
Secondary: Margrave
Secondary: May Claim
Secondary: Joe Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES AND CUTS, TWO PITS
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1940'S
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1940'S; MOST RECORDED PRODUCTION IN 1954-1956; SOME IN 1977.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE - BEARING TACTITE OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANODIORITE THE TACTITE BODY IS ABOUT 300 FT LONG AND AVERAGES ABOUT 3 FT WIDE. THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS STRIKE N 30 W, DIP 30 SW.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1987, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON KUMIVA PEAK 1:100000 MAP AREA.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL. 89, PL. 1.
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.
