Bloody Run Mine

The Bloody Run Mine is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bloody Run Mine
Secondary: Bloody Run Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2381
Secondary: Ben Pasch Prospect
Secondary: Pasch
Secondary: Jupiter Group. Probably Same As Decker's Tungsten Prospect.

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sherman District

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Ben Pasch
Years: 1940 -

Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1942-1944

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2381 CONTAINED 10 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.2 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 150 PPM AG, +10000 AS, 200 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1.5 PPM BE, 100 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, +20000 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 10 PPM SN, 150 PPM SR, 500 PPM V, 30 PPM ZR, AND 0.31 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE FIRST CANYON NORTH OF BLOODY RUN PEAK ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE BLOODY RUN HILLS. POOR ROADS ARE EAST OF THE VALLEY.

Comment (Development): RELOCATED BY PASCH IN 1942, MINED FROM TWO INCLINES SUNK BY HAND ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP ON QUARTZ VEINS IN GRANODIORITE, ALONG AND NEAR THE CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE. 26 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED TO THE METALS RESERVE CO.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE QUARTZ VEINS AND AVERAGE ABOUT 3 FEET WIDE. TUNGSTEN CONTENT IS .3 TO 13 % WO3.; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: W SKARN.

Comment (Workings): IN 1985, THERE WERE 2 SHALLOW INCLINES AND MINOR PROSPECTS, WITH NO ROAD TO WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS OWNED BY R. WINKLER IN 1937, AT WHICH TIME DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 30-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, 2 ADITS, AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS WITH MOLYBDENITE IN THE VEINS WHICH CUT GRANODIORITE ALONG AND NEAR CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE.

Comment (Deposit): MERGED WITH M232707 AND M030030, WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED.

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 92.

Reference (Deposit): DECKER, D.J., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCE OWNERSHIP INVESTIGATION, NEVADA GARVEY RANCH, HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT, FILE 141, ITEM 1.

Reference (Production): STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988)

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R. 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6995, P. 43

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.

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.