The Desert Scheelite is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,404 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: 6,404 Feet (1,952 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.3792, -117.86940
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Desert Scheelite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Scheelite
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Shoshone
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED POSSIBLE IN R37E
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.4, PL 1, 2
Reference (Deposit): USBM INFORM CIRC. 6941, 1937, P. 54
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 318, 1959, PP. 68-69, FIG. 4
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.
