The Red Hawk Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.81694, -118.16750
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Red Hawk Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Hawk Mine
Secondary: Danner
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City 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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE VARIES FROM 0.75 TO 3% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Production): 286 TONS OF 1% WO3 ORE IN 1942; 40 TONS-3% WO3 IN 1917
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE 3 KNOWN LEDGES OF ORE BELIEVED TO BE PART OF ONE CONTINUOUS PRE BED AT LEAST 1/2 MI LONG. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION WITHIN THE BEDS MAY NOT BE CONTINUOUS, BUT CONFINED TO IRREGULAR SHOOTS AT POINTS FAVORABLE TO MINERAL DEPOSITION.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, WINZE
Comment (Geology): THERE ARE THREE KNOWN LEDGES OF ORE BELIEVED TO BE PART OF ONE CONTINUOUS ORE BED AT LEAST HALF A MILE LONG. SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION WITHIN THE BEDS MAY NOT BE CONTINUOUS, BUT CONFINED TO IRREGULAR SHOOTS AT POINTS FAVORABLE TO MINERAL DEPOSITION.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1917 THE CLAIMS WERE OWNED BY NAGLE AND CAMPBELL OF WINNEMUCCA WHO DROVE A 40 FT. CROSS CUT AND DRIFTED 35 FEET ALONG A STEEPLY DIPPING 4 FT ORE BED AND SUNK A 20 FT. WINZE ON IT. IN 1928 PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY MURPHY & BRECHTEL OF WINNEMUCCA AND LEASED IT TO LEVERETT DAVIS IN 1942. IN 1950 THE TUNGSTEN LEAD CO. DROVE ABOUT 140 FT OF NEW DRIFTS AND PRODUCED 142 TONS OF NON-COMMERCIAL ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Development): IN 1917 THE CLAIMS WERE OWNED BY NAGLE AND CAMPBELL OF WINNEMUCCA WHO DROVE A 40-FT CROSS CUT AND DRIFTED 35 FT ALONG A STEEPLY ORE BED AND SUNK A 20-FT WINZE ON IT. IN 1928 PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY MURPHY AND BRECHTEL OF WINNEMUCCA AND LEASED IT TO LEVERETT DAVIS IN 1942. IN 1950 THE TUNGSTEN LEAD CO. DROVE ABOUT 140 FT OF NEW DRIFTS AND PRODUCED 142 TONS OF NONCOMMERCIAL ORE. BY 1956, R. E. DANNER HAD OBTAINED CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY AND OTHER NEARBY PROSPECTS. A SMALL GRAVITY CONCENTRAT-ING PLANT WAS INSTALLED WEST OF THE FORK IN POLE CANYON. DURIN-G THE LATE 1960'S AND EARLY 1970'S, DANNER PRODUCED SOME SCHEE-LITE CONCENTRATE THAT WAS SOLD TO KENNEMETAL IN FALLON. MOST O-F THE PRODUCTION DURING THIS PERIOD WAS FROM A SMALL OPEN PIT -ALONG THE NORTH BORDER OF SEC. 16,NORTH OF THE OLD RED HAWK AD-IT.
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM
Reference (Deposit): KLEPPER, M.R., 1943, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
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.
