Red Hawk Mine

The Red Hawk Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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

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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.