De Fender Mine

The De Fender Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,880 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: De Fender Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 38.21556, -118.41667

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De Fender Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: De Fender Mine
Secondary: Dough God
Secondary: No Good?


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Silver Star


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1944,1952-54
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avgs 1.0 Percent Wo3


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Location): 1.5 MI. SE OF LITTLE HUNTOON VALLEY

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TACTITE MASSES UP TO 25 FEET THICK AND EXPOSED FOR STRIKE LENGTH AT A FEW HUNDRED FT.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.