The Terrell Mine is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,469 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,469 Feet (1,667 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.41417, -115.54444
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Terrell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Terrell Mine
Secondary: Northridge
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Troy District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: 1957
Time Period: 1954-57
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.6 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Grant Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: SMALL CRYSTALS DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Host Rock Strikes North And Dips 20w.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE ORE MINED CONTAINED 1% WO3 AND 16% ZN. A SELECTED SPECIMEN IN 1980 FROM THE DUMP CONTAIN 1% MN, 0.1% CU, 0.3% ZN, 50 PPM BE, OVER 1% W.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 4 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Production): $60,000 IN TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 75 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 60 FT INCLINED SHAFT, A 300 FT ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HYDE, JH AND HUTTRER, GW, 1970, GEOL. OF CENTRAL GRANT RANGE: AAPG BULL., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 503-521
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
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.
