The Hodges Whorton Tungsten Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 36.61333, -114.25389
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Hodges Whorton Tungsten Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hodges Whorton Tungsten Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Bunkerville
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Trending Normal (?) Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL CUTS AND A SHORT DISCOVERY SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): THE MINE WORKINGS ARE ON THE JUNCTION OF A NORTH TRENDING NORMAL FAULT AND A NE TRENDING ZONE OF PEGMATITE BODIES IN THE GNEISS. THE TUNGSTEN ORE CAME FROM A 1 TO 4 INCH WIDE QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL UNITS OF TUNGSTEN ORE WERE PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BEAL, LAURENCE H., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BUNKERVILLE MINING DISTRICT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 63 , P. 79
Reference (Production): BEAL, L. H., 1965
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.
