The Stevenson and Schuppy is a tungsten mine located in Nye 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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.6928, -117.05500
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Stevenson and Schuppy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stevenson and Schuppy
Secondary: Round Mtn Tungsten Mine 1911
Secondary: Stevenson and Schuppy Mine 1921
Secondary: Dorrough Prospect 1984
Secondary: Shoshone Creek Tungsten Prospects
Secondary: Fnbe Claim Group 1971
Secondary: Low Risk Claim Group 1993
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT 7270 FT ELEVATION. ADIT TRENDS EAST. THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 OTHER ADITS ACROSS ROAD, IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THIS ADIT. ALL 3 ADITS BELONG TO THIS PROPERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725, 1921, P. 384, AND
Reference (Deposit): 389-390.
Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MEMOIR 15, 1946, P. 180.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINE & GEOLOGY 86-14 - LOCATION DATA.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1287, DR. SHAWE
Reference (Deposit): AND OTHERS, 1984, 42 PP.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER & TINGLEY, 1988, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 105, P. 149.
Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 147.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 65, 1963, P. 159.
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.
