The Tem Piute District is a tungsten mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tem Piute District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tem Piute District
Secondary: Lincoln Mine
Secondary: Emerson Mine
Secondary: Schofield Mine
Secondary: Tempiute
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: TEM PIUTE DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: UMETCO MINERALS COPR.
Home Office: BISHOP, CA
Info Year: 1985
Owner Name: UMETCO MINERALS CORP.
Home Office: BISHOP, CA
Info Year: 1985
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: SKARN
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
Year Last Production: 1983
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Type: R
Description: CONTACT ZONE OF GRANITE STOCK AND CARBONATE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ,C.M., AND PAMPEYAN,G.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINC OLN COUNTY, NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 73, P. 140-147. (MOST DATA ITEMS).
Reference (Deposit): STAFF, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1977, UNION CARBIDE REVIVES NEVADA T UNGSTEN MINE, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 78, NO. 7, P. 129.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER,H.K., (IN PREPARATION0, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU O F MINES BULLETIN.
Reference (Deposit): HO,E., CHANGES IN THE PATTERN OF TUNGSTEN TRADE, IN MPR PUBLISHING SERVICES LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN: 1985, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SY MPOSIUM, MADRID, MAY 1 985, P. 183-191.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH,A., 1979, TH MINING OF TUNGSTEN, IN MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, 1979, P. 32-63.
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.
