Snake Creek Mine

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

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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Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.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.