The Snake Creek Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,749 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,749 Feet (2,362 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.9, -114.16667
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Snake Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Snake Creek Mine
Secondary: Bonita Mine
Secondary: Tilford Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PITS IN ALLUVIUM AVERAGED 2.8 LB WO3/TON
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN NARROW QUARTZ VEINS WITH GALENA AND PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS HIGH ON THE SLOPE SOUTH OF THE CREEK; PITS; 2-TON MILL.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): 500 STU TO 1000 STU WO3 IN 1913 AND 1916
Comment (Development): ORE IN 1913 WAS TREATED IN A 2-TON EXPERIMENTAL MILL AT CAMP BONITA. PROPERTY WAS LEASED IN 1915-1916 TO ATKINS, KROLL, & CO. WHO MADE SOME PRODUCTION. CANYON WAS EXPLORED FOR PLACER SCHEELITE IN EARLY 1940'S.
Comment (Deposit): SHUT DOWN IN 1957 - DISTRICT PROBABLY RATES RE-STUDY IF MINES ARE OPEN
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Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.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): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR., AND SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT II, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OFR MLA 56-83
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.
