Yellow Scheelite Prospect

The Yellow Scheelite Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Scheelite Prospect
Secondary: Wayne Lode

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City District

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

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED CONTAINED 0.5-0.75 % W03.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED IS PART OF THE STANK-HUMBOLDT BELT.THE YELLOW SCHEELITE TACTITE-LIMESTONE BED IS ABOUT 200 FT WEST OF THE STANK BED AND OCCUPIES THE SAME RELATIVE PO-SITION TO THE STANK BED AS DOES THE GEORGE BED. THE YELLOW SCH-EELITE AND GEORGE BEDS ARE PROBABLY FAULTED SEGMENTS OF THE SA-ME BED. ACCORDING TO KLEPPER (1943), THE BED WAS PRESENT IN TH-E YELLOW SCHEELITE MINE ONLY BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND THE 200 F-T LEVEL, AND IT EXTENDED FROM THE SPRINGER STOCK TO THE PRE-GR-ANODIORITE FAULT AT THE NORTH END OF THE STANK MINE

Comment (Location): WEST OF THE STANK MINE ON THE EAST SIDE OF STANK HILL.

Comment (Workings): IN 1945 CROSSCUTS WERE EXTENDED FROM THE STANK MINE TO THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED ON THE 300 FT AND 400 FT LEVELS.

Comment (Deposit): IN 1945 CROSSCUTS WERE EXTENDED FROM THE STANK MINE TO THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED ON THE 300 AND 400 LEVELS. THE YELLOW SCHEELITE BED IS PART OF THE STANK-HUMBOLDT BELT ALONG WITH THE CODD, STANK, KEYES, GEORGE, SPRINGER AND HUMBOLDT WORKINGS. THE DEPOSIT'S NAME WAS APPLIED BECAUSE THE SCHEELITE FOUND IN THE DEPOSIT WAS THOUGHT TO FLUORESCE A MORE YELLOW -COLOR THAN THAT FROM THE NEARBY MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREP., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA:NBMG BULL. 21

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1973.

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.