The United Tungsten Mines Property is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,455 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,455 Feet (1,358 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.9994, -118.67280
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United Tungsten Mines Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: United Tungsten Mines Property
Secondary: Granite Mine
Secondary: Bonanza King
Secondary: Bonanza King Prospect
Secondary: Hardscrabble Claim
Secondary: Bluff
Secondary: Lake Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Toy
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1915
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 (Location): NOTE: THE NEV. BUR. MINES AND GEOL. SHOWS AND REPORTS THIS MINE IN CHURCHILL COUNTY (BULL. 105, P. 32, 37) IN SEC. 26. THE NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF ITS LOCATION ("...ABOUT 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE ST. ANTHONY MINE) PLACES IT IN PERSHING COUNTY (SEE OCALA 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP). THE TOPO MAP SHOWS PROSPCTS IN THE SW/4 SW/4 SE/4 SEC 26 (PERSHING COUNTY) AND IN THE NE/4 NW/4 NE/4 SEC. 35 (CHURCHILL COUNTY). IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, BOTH SETS OF MAP SYMBOLS ARE PART OF THE SAME MINE. BECAUSE OF THE GIVEN NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION, THE LOCATION OF THIS MINE IS PLACED IN SEC. 26 IN PERSHING COUNTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 105, 1988, P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 85; PLATE 2.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-D, 1921, P. 289.
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.
