Hub Mine

The Hub Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hub Mine
Secondary: Hub Basin Mine
Secondary: Tilford
Secondary: Usbm Sample Localities 22
Secondary: And 23. Claims: Hub
Secondary: North Hub No.2
Secondary: Kaspone
Secondary: Cone
Secondary: Star
Secondary: Moonshine
Secondary: Bluebird
Secondary: Coyote
Secondary: Western Belle
Secondary: Bell
Secondary: Spring
Secondary: Western View
Secondary: Great Western
Secondary: Rim
Secondary: North Star
Secondary: North Hub
Secondary: Illinois
Secondary: South Hub
Secondary: Hubnerite
Secondary: Wolframite
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Canyon
Secondary: Northern Light
Secondary: Lookout
Secondary: Lookout No. 2
Secondary: Wedge
Secondary: Great Eastern
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Tungsten Extension
Secondary: Big Chunk
Secondary: Tungstic
Secondary: Side Issue
Secondary: Pluto
Secondary: Cracker Jack
Secondary: Joe Bowers
Secondary: Bluff.

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Tungsten Mine And Milling Co.

Production

Year: 1916
Time Period: 1900-1916, 1941-1944, 1950-1955

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1889
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS IN 1981 RANGED FROM 0.01 TO 0.6% W WITH MINOR CU PB,AG. USBM SAMPLE #22, A DUMP GRAB (5-FT GRID) YIELDED 0.6 OZ/T AG, 0.11% PB, NO AU CU SB W. USBM SAMPLE #23, A 4-IN CHIP SAMPLE, YIELDED A TRACE AU, 0.03% PB, NO AG CU SB W.

Materials

Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): AVERAGE ORE GRADE WAS ABOUT 1.4 % WO3 BUT ONE SHIPMENT OF SORTED ORE RAN 20 % WO3

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST: 16060008

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIS INCLUDES ORE IN SIGHT, PROBABLE ORE AND UNDEVELOPED POSSIBLE ORE IN 1912, MUCH OR MOST OF WHICH WAS PROBABLY DEPLETED BY SUBSEQUENT MINING.

Comment (Development): IN 1899 W. GABY AND W. BUNTIN LOCATED THE FIRST MINING CLAIMS AND MADE THE FIRST ORE SHIPMENT. 10 TONS OF CONCENTRATE WAS RECOVERED IN 1900 AND AN ADIT WAS SOON STARTED. DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED BY J.H. MARRIOTT (1900-1904), BY THE TUNGSTEN MINING AND MILLING CO. (1904-1909), AND BY HUEBNERITE TUNGSTEN CO (1909-1910), AND IN 1910 U.S. TUNGSTEN CORP BUILT A 50-TON GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL IN HUB BASIN WHICH OPERATED IN 1911, WAS RECONDITIONED IN 1915, AND PRODUCED 1915-1916. PLACER PRODUCTION OCCURRED IN 1941 AND THE DUMPS WERE REWORKED IN 1950 1955.

Comment (Production): U.S. TUNGSTEN OPERATED LODE AND PLACER OPERATIONS AND SHIPPED W CONCENTRATE IN 1916.

Comment (Workings): MANY ADITS,SHAFTS, PITS, TRENCHES. MAIN ADIT IS 1800 FT LONG WITH AN INCLINED RAISE TO THE SURFACE ABOUT 500 FEET ABOVE. VEIN WAS STOPED TO SURFACE AT INTERVALS FOR ABOUT 1000 FT ALONG STRIKE. DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A 50-TON CONCENTRATING MILL AND A 6000-FT DITCH.

Comment (Geology): LARGEST ORE SHOOT WAS MINED BY A STOPE 70 FT LONG AND UP TO 60 FT HIGH.

Comment (Deposit): HUEBNERITE OCCURS IN 6 OR MORE NARROW QUARTZ VEINS RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT WIDE. HUEBNERITE IS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AS FINE GRAINS AND CRYSTALS UP TO 3 INCHES LONG DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ AND AS VEINLETS AND LENSES UP TO 3 INCHES WIDE ALONG FRACTURES IN THE QUARTZ. MOST ORE CAME FROM NEAR-SURFACE STOPES ON THE HUB VEIN. ALSO, GOOD ORE FROM THE SIDE ISSUE VEIN. RICHEST ORE WAS IN 15-25 FT LONG SHOOTS. BOTTOM OF VEINS WAS NEVER REACHED.

References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): WEEKS, F.B., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P. 263-270. 11.) HUSTON, M.B., 1912, PRELIM. REPORT ON TUNGSTEN MINING AND MILLING CO.'S PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 341, ITEM 2.

Reference (Production): STAGER,H.K., IN PREPARATION

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HUSTON, M.B., 1912

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K.,BLAKE, M.C. JR.,AND SMITH,R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT II, P. 79.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEV NEWSLETTER PUB CO, RENO, NV.

Reference (Deposit): ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. CLIPPINGS, 1909,1912, NBMG FILE 341.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1982, CRIB DATA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.

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.