The Standard Tungsten Claims is a tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,849 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.26361, -118.32722
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Standard Tungsten Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard Tungsten Claims
Secondary: Stardust Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3852
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Sand Springs 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 Metamorphic
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: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3852 OF SKARN MATERIAL CHIPPED FROM THE CONTACT ZONE CONTAINED 5% FE, 0.3% MG, 15% CA, 0.2% TI, 5000 PPM MN, 1 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR, 50 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 15 PPM NI, 150 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 15 PPM SN, 200 PPM SR, 300 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 15 PPM Y, 700 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW A NARROW, IRREGULAR CONTACT IN LIMESTONE AND METASEDIMENTS. GRANITE IS PRESENT AS FLOAT, BUT DOES NOT OUTCROP. THERE ARE ALSO DIKES OF ANDESITE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE WORKINGS. A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NW, A LINE OF PROSPECTS FOLLOWS A SW CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): SMALL ADIT AND TRENCHES
Comment (Location): ABOUT A MILE BY FOOT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50; NO ROAD FROM NORTH OR EAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SOME ORE WAS STOCKPILED; LAST WORKED ABOUT 1950'S? CLAIMS REPORTED TO BE INVALID. NO ACTIVITY IN 1986
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 15 SEP 86, 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.
