The Tes and Sas Claims is a molybdenum mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 39.21667, -118.35444
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Tes and Sas Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tes and Sas Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 3915
Secondary: 3916
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Slickensides Along Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3915 CONTAINS 0.5% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.03% TI, 10 PPM MN, 70 PPM BA, 7 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, AND 15 PPM V. SAMPLE 3916 CONTAINS 1% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.2% TI, 70 PPM MN, 700 PPM BA, 70 PPM MO, 70 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE 3915 WAS CHIPPED FROM A 40 TO 50 FT THICK WHITE BULL QUARTZ VEIN THAT OUTCROPS FOR A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS IN AREA OF TES CLAIM. SAMPLE 3916 CAME FROM AN OUTCROP ON THE SAS CLAIM, OF QUARTZ NEAR A CONTACT WITH A RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE. THIS VEIN IS VUGGY AND STRONGLY IRON-STAINED WITH NUMEROUS SLICKEN SIDES BEARING N 60 W WITH IRREGULAR DIP.
Comment (Workings): MINOR PROSPECTS
Comment (Development): MINOR PROSPECTING IN PAST FOR UNKNOWN COMMODITIES; NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1986.
Comment (Location): UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 3915. UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 3916 IS N 4341500, E 383080 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 16 OCT 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, 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.
