Sage Hen Property

The Sage Hen Property is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sage Hen Property

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Seven Troughs 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1914
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Development): RELOCATED IN 1949

Comment (Workings): ADITS, CUTS PITS

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE-BEARING AREAS OCCUR IN METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE RIBS ALTERED TO TACTITE, RIBS VARY 2 TO 4 FT. IN THICKNESS. THE SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED WITHIN THE TACTITE.

Comment (Deposit): FIRST LOCATED IN 1914 AND SEARCHED FOR GOLD THEN ABANDONED. RELOCATED IN 1949. IN 1952 TWO TRUCK LOADS OF ORE WERE MINED AND HAULED TO THE TOY MILL FOR TESTING PURPOSES. WORK ON PROPERTY STARTED IN 1953 BUT AMOUNT OF ORE EVENTUALLY PRODUCED IS NOT KNOWN. PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY A 30 FT. ADIT, 100-FT. CROSS ADIT, AND SEVERAL CUTS AND PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): W. SIDE SEVEN TROUGH MTNS.; UTM LOCATION APPROX.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C. AND BENSON, W.T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

Reference (Deposit): JOHNS, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Production): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977

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.