The Monte Cristo W-Cu-Mo Deposit is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Monte Cristo W-Cu-Mo Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo W-Cu-Mo Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: White Pine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Phillips Petroleum Co.
Info Year: 2009
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): I used Long's significant deposit location.
Comment (General): This deposit was tagged by Keith Long as a significant US tungsten deposit. Overlapping this is a gold-silver deposit. See Moran and others (2009).
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR MIN BULL 57, 1960.
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR MIN BULL 65, 1964, PP.158-159.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): Moran, A.V., Pennigton, J.B., Poeck, Joanna, Osborne, Herb, Mike, 2009, Updated NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment Ely Gold & Minerals Inc. Centennial Gold and Silver Deposit Mt. Hamilton Property, White Pine County, Nevada:Prepared for Ely Gold & Minerals Inc., by SRK Consulting, SRK Project Number: 181703, 136 p.
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.
