The Quick - Tung Property is a gold and tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,879 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: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.80278, -118.19500
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Quick - Tung Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quick - Tung Property
Secondary: Shady Run
Secondary: Fisk
Secondary: Silver Range
Secondary: Quik - Tung Quicksilver Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 3304
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Shady Run District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: 1978
Time Period: 1956-1978
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4-6.0percent Wo3 Avg 1.0 Percent
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3304 OF SELECTED CINNABAR AND SCHEELITE BEARING MARBLE CONTAINS 0.15% MG, 20% CA, 150 PPM MN, 0.5 PPM AG, 100 PPM BA, 10PPM PB, 1000 PPM SR, +1000 PPM W, 15PPM Y.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): NEAR BOYER THRUST; JURASSIC MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS AND JURASSIC LIMESTONE, MARBLE AND SILTSTONE. ; GEOL.DESC: NEAR BOYER THRUST; JURASSIC MAFIC VOLCANIC ROCKS, AND JURASSIC LIMESTONE, MARBLE, AND SILTSTONE
Comment (Commodity): CINNABAR - BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT TACTITE
Comment (Location): WEST SIDE OF THE STILLWATER RANGE; 1/4 MI W OF QUIK - TUNG TUNGSTEN MINE.
Comment (Workings): THIS DEPOSIT IS OPENED BY CUTS AT TWO LEVELS AND A SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT. TUNGSTEN OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN A WHITE MARBLE THAT IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS THAT CONTAIN CINNABAR AND HAVE YIELDED SOME QUICKSILVER.
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS ONE - FOURTH MILE TO THE WEST. THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION THAT INCLUDES DUPLICATE INFORMATION FROM M231029, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. & TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 105
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN AND SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 83
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
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.
