The Teacup Biscuit Mine is a silver and tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.92778, -114.91694
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Teacup Biscuit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Teacup Biscuit Mine
Secondary: Biscuit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cherry Creek (Gold Canyon, Egan Canyon)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Production): IT IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED 3 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SILVER (1916) AMOUNT OF WO3 IS FROM 20,906 TONS OF ORE
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE MANY DRIFTS AT MANY LEVELS IN THE SHAFT, BUT NONE APPEAR TO BE LONG, AND MOST OF THEM WERE CAVED IN (OCT, 1913)
Comment (Geology): WHITE QUARTZ LENSE LIKE BODIES, IN SOME PLACES SPECKLED WITH MINUTE PARTICLES OF A SOFT BLACK METALLIC APPEARING MATERIAL WITH AG AND A LITTLE CU AND S. A SMALL AMOUNT OF CU CARBONATE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED ON THE JOINTS OF THE RICHER ORE.
Comment (Location): EST
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, GEORGE H. JR, FEB, 1950, INVESTIGATION OF CHERRY CREEK TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV., BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4631
Reference (Deposit): LEMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): LEMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 TUNGSTEN IN THE US USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M., 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648
Reference (Production): UPDATE
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.
