The Tungsten Mountain Mine is a tungsten, gold, and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.66667, -117.75000
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Tungsten Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Mountain Mine
Secondary: Hilltop Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Alpine (Clan Alpine, 1864) 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
Owner Name: Kelrex Gold Corp., J. R. Standley, Agent
Home Office: P. O. Box 1107, Fallon, Nv 89406
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Year Last Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES CONTAINED 1% AND 0.1% W. ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED OVER 10% AS.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Idocrase
Comments
Comment (Location): HIGH ON THE NORTH AND EAST FACES OF THE PROMINENT PEAK SE OF TUNGSTEN MOUNTAIN
Comment (Production): CURRENT PRODUCTION IS OF GOLD AND SILVER, ALTHOUGH PAST PRODUCTION PRESUMABLY WAS TUNGSTEN AT LEAST IN PART.
Comment (Development): LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE AND MILL IN 1980, EMPLOYING 5 PERSONS MINING AND MILLING GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IN TACTITE AT CONTACT OF GRANODIORITE WITH SILTSTONE, LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, ADITS, ON AT LEAST 4 LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): EARLY HISTORY IS NOT WELL KNOWN.
References
Reference (Production): WILLDEN & SPEED (1974): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981).
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83
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.
