Cherokee Mine

The Cherokee Mine is a tungsten mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,099 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cherokee Mine
Secondary: Tungsten Hills
Secondary: Walker Maus

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
Year Last Production: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR BUNCHES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ADJACENT PROPERTY IS THE SITE OF THE ALPINE MILL WHICH WAS KNOWN AS THE LOUFECK MILL IN PRIOR YEARS. IN JULY OF 1953 , 50 TO 75 TONS WERE BEING HANDLED BY ROD MILLING CLOSED CIRCUIT WITH A SCREEN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS DID CONSIST OF FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS , A SHORT ADIT AND NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES. NOW THE AREA OF SHAFTS AND ADIT HAS BEEN OPEN PITTED AND CONSISTS OF A N80W TRENDING PIT ABOUT 200 FT. BY 40 FT. BY 30 FT. DEEP.

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH HORNFELS; FELSITE DIKES INTRUDE THE SECTION WHICH INCLUDES LIMESTONE WITH SKARN, AND QUARTZ CHLORITE PHYLLITE. LOCALLY IRON-STAINED SMOKEY-GRAY QUARTZ VEINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SKARN. THE FELSITE DIKES ARE ASSUMED TO BE RELATED TO THE SAME QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY AT THE ALPINE/GARDNERVILLE MINE TO THE SOUTH. QUARTZ MONZONITE WITH ABUNDANT STOCKWORK VEINING CROPS OUT IMMEDIATEDLY SOUTH OF THE CHEROKEE MINE PIT.

Comment (Development): WORKED BRIEFLY BTWN 1943-44 BY CARSON VALLEY TUNGSTEN OPERATIONS, AND AGAIN BTWN 1954-56 BY SEVERAL OPERATORS.

Comment (Location): 1/2 MI. NORTH OF GARDNERVILLE MINE

Comment (Production): COMBINED PRODUCTION WORTH 25,013 DOLLARS

References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN75 .

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBL. DMEA COMMODITY SPECIALIST INFORMATION.

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

Reference (Deposit): ROXLO, K., AND RANTA, D.E., 1982, PINE NUT PROJECT, 1982 PROGRESS REPORT, CLIMAX MOLYBDENUM CO. REPORT

Reference (Production): F( 1 )

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.