The Piri #3 Claim is a tungsten mine located in Douglas county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Piri #3 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Piri #3 Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #4300
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Wellington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bill Kohlngous, John Locke
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BUT THE PRESENCE OF A LOADING SHOOT INDICATES THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME.
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS FOLLOW THE N70E IRREGULAR STRIKE BETWEEN META-SEDIMENTS AND DIORITE.
Comment (Workings): A SHAFT AND ADIT.
Comment (Geology): THE CONTACT ZONE HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SKARN EXPOSED WITH SOME VISIBLE SCHEELITE.
Comment (Deposit): VERY POOR ROAD WITH THE LAST MILE IN A NARROW STREAM CHANNEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): PIRI #3 CLAIM, WELLINGTON DISTRICT, DOUGLAS COUNTY, QUADE, JACK SAMPLE SITE #4300 VISIT, 7/10/89, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
