Sacramento Mine

The Sacramento Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 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

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Site Name

Primary: Sacramento Mine
Secondary: Sacramento Pass
Secondary: Gilded Age Mine
Secondary: Moyle Prospect
Secondary: Woodman
Secondary: Eagle Possibly Same As Gilded Age Or Woodman Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Sacramento

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1916
Time Period: 1915-1916
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.0 % W03

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSES, POCKETS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE FOR ENTIRE DISTRICT, EXCLUDING WOODMAN AND GILDED AGE MINES

Comment (Development): INACTIVE SINCE 1943

Comment (Location): EST ON WEST SIDE OF SNAKE RANGE A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 6. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): MINE ONLY SLIGHTLY DEVELOPED BY SHORT ADITS, 2 SHAFTS, 2 SMALL STOPES, PROSPECT PITS.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN LARGE CRYSTALS AND THIN SEAMS ALONG CERTAIN LAYERS OF THE LIMESTONE WHICH HAVE BEEN PARTLY SILICIFIED AND REPLACED BY QUARTZ, SECONDARY CARBONATE AND SOME SILICATES. MINERALIZATION OCCURS OVER A STRIKE DISTANCE OF 400-500 FT AND A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 100-200FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.

Reference (Production): HOSE, ET.AL., 1976, USBM, 1963, UNPUB DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 337, ITEM 2.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, SMITH, 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85

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.