Reward Prospects

The Reward Prospects is a tungsten mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Reward Prospects  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.73333, -117.25000

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Reward Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Reward Prospects
Secondary: Dawn
Secondary: Cadro
Secondary: Trap
Secondary: Pacific
Secondary: Livingood
Secondary: Boomer


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Ravenswood


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Location): THE REWARD, ET AL., PROSPECTS INCLUDE A NUMBER OF KNOWN W OCCUR. IN AN AREA OF ABOUT 10 SQ. MI. IN THE S. PART OF THE RAVENSWOOD DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): SOME MATERIAL SAMPLED FROM PROSPECT PITS CONTAINED GREATER THAN 3 PERCENT WO3


References

Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.