Garnet

The Garnet is a molybdenum and tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Garnet
Secondary: Garnet Tungsten-Montrose

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Alder

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1949
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn-Tactite

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: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bismuthinite

Comments

Comment (Location): 12 BASIN AND RANGE; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1936 EDITION

Comment (Deposit): INTRUSIVE CONTACT; FAULT ZONE

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1949, IN THE TENNESSEE MTNS. EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION FOR TUNGSTEN WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY IN THE EARLY 1950'S WHEN SOME 2600' OF DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE. A MILL TO TRENT ONE FROM THIS PROPERTY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN MOUNTAIN CITY IN THE LATE 1960'S, AND A SMALL QUANTITY OF ORE WAS MILLED. LATER, IN 1976-77(?) A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS MINED FROM SURFACE & UNDERGROUND OPERATION AND TRUCKED TO THE MT. HOPE MILL IN EUREKA COUNTY

Comment (Production): ESITMATED TO CONTAIN 0.3-0.5% WOZ AND 0.01% MO

Comment (Development): SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE TENNESSEE MTNS IN 1949. EXTENSIVE TUNGSTEN EXPLORATION WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY IN THE EARLY 1950'S WHEN 2600' OF DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE. MILL CONSTRUCTED IN 1960'S TO TREAT THIS ORE; SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS MINED & TRUCKED TO MT. HOPE MILL IN EUREKA CO.

Comment (Geology): ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN .3-.5% WOZ AND .01% MO, ACCORDING TO GARSITE, P 43., URANINITE OCCURS ALONG A FAULT THAT STRIKES N75 W, DIPS 65 E IN A BODY OF TACTITE

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSITE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81

Reference (Production): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M.(1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

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.