The Tungsten Mountain Mine and Mill is a tungsten mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tungsten Mountain Mine and Mill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Mountain Mine and Mill
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
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
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Ownership
Owner Name: Farmers Exchange Of Modoc, Inc.
Company ID: 2601433
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NOTE: IF THIS SITE IS "THE" TUNGSTEN MTN. MINE, THE LEGAL LOCATIONS REPORTED IS ERRONEOUS. THE TUNGSTEN MTN. MINE IS IN UNSURVEYED SEC. 16, T. 21 N., R. 38 E., ON THE TUNGSTEN MTN. 7.5-MIN TOPO MAP (WHERE ELSE!). THIS RECORD ID PLOTTED AS REPORTED BY NDMI AND IS PROBABLY ONLY A SCIENTIFIC WILD ASS GUESS GIVEN THE PROBLEMS WITH LOCATIONS AS REPORTED BY THEIR MINE INSPECTORS.
References
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1978, P. 2.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1979, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
Reference (Deposit): OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1977, P. 3.
Reference (Deposit): NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1978, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE
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.
