The Snowstorm is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
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
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.13861, -118.56583
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Snowstorm MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snowstorm
Secondary: Snowwhite
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Gold Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rare Metals Corp. (Options)
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.1%-3.0% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION FAILED TO DISCOVER MINABLE ORE AND NOTHING WAS PRODUCED EXCEPT FOR 8 TONS OF LOW GRADE ORE IN 1956.
Comment (Deposit): BLOCKY HORNFELS NEAR A CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF 10 SHALLOW PITS OVER AN AREA OF 200 X 200 FEET.
Comment (Deposit): UPDATED MATERIAL CAME FROM TINGLEY 1988 PUBLISHED DATA.
Comment (Location): EAST FLANK OF TRINITY RANGE.
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL LENTICULAR PODS OF GARNET-EPIDOTE SKARN, 1 TO 6 INCHES WIDE AND LESS THAN 10 FEET LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V. , 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, PG 161.
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.
