The T.N.T. Mine is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 41.21778, -117.27111
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T.N.T. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: T.N.T. Mine
Secondary: Mountain Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell 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
Owner Name: T. N. T. Inc.
Years: 1954 -
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.87% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC 32; 1 MILE WEST OF GETCHELL MINE
Comment (Deposit): ON CONTACT OF N END OF GRANODIORITE STOCK AND CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THIN DISCONTINUOUS LENSES OF LIMESTONE- AND LIMEY HORNFELS ARE INTERBEDDED IN ARGILLACEOUS HORNFELS S-TRIKING GENERALLY N WITH RANDOM DIP E AND W WHERE TRUNCATED BY- THE INTRUSIVE. SMALL BODIES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE WITH- LOCALLY ABUNDANT PYRITE OCCUR WHERE LIMY BEDS ARE IN CONTACT -WITH THE GRANODIORITE.THE OREBODY THAT WAS MINED FROM THE OPEN- PIT WAS ABOUT 5 FT WIDE, 80 FT LONG AND WAS MINED DOWN DIP AB-OUT 30 FT. ABOUT 600 TONS OF ORE THAT AVERAGED 0.87 % WO3 WERE- SHIPPED TO THE GETCHELL MILL IN 1954 AND ABOUT 525 UNITS WO3 -WERE RECOVERED. OTHER SMALL HIGH-GRADE PODS OF ORE MINED EARLI-ER YIELDED ABOUT 100 UNITS WO3.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, SEVERAL PROSPECT CUTS, AND A SHORT ADIT
Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE GRAINS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CALC-SILICATE ROCK THAT HAS BEEN BLEACHED & RECRYSTALLIZED.
Comment (Deposit): OPERATED BY OPEN PIT FROM JULY TO DEC., 1954 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): A LITTLE ORE WAS MINED IN 1942, BUT MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS IN 1954 BY TNT INC.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBLODT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION (1986), NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Production): HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
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.
