Rye Patch Agnes Mine

The Rye Patch Agnes Mine is a silver and tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,098 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rye Patch Agnes Mine
Secondary: Shortino
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2570

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rye Patch 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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^From 9 Tons Ore Averaging 0.4 % Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEIN, PODS, DISSEMINATED

Structure

Type: L
Description: Joint Planes; Low Angle Fault Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BEO UP TO 0.0078%. SAMPLE 2570, OUTCROP CHIP OF BRECCIATED SHALES WITH QUARTZ STRINGERS, SCHEELITE, PB-SB OXIDES (?) CONTAINS 5 % F-E, 3 % MG, 0.7 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 70 PPM MN, 1 PPM AG, 50 PPM B, -1000 PPM BA, 5 PPM CO, 100 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 70 PPM LA, 50 PP-M MO, 50 PPM NI, 50 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 15 PPM SC, 2000 PPM V,- 20 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT ON SITE OF OLD ADIT; MAINTAINED HOUSE ON PROPERTY. SOME W WAS PRODUCED IN 1954, MINED IN 1917-18.

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS MINED FOR SILVER IN 1917-18. IN 1933 TUNGSTEN ORE WAS DISCOVERED. SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN WAS PRODUCED AT THAT TIME AND IN 1954. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, IN PODS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN LIMESTONE, AND ALONG JOINT PLANES IN THE ADJACENT GRANODIORITE. BERYLLIUM OCCURS IN A ZONE OF SILICATED MARBLE ADJACENT TO THE GRANODIORITE, 50 FEET WIDE AND AT LEAST 200 FEET LONG. NO ASSURANCE THE BERYLLIUM IS RECOVERABLE. TOURMALINE OCCURS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS WITH SCHEELITE.

Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS MINED FOR SILVER IN 1917-18. IN 1933 TUNGSTEN ORE WAS DISCOVERED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN WAS PRODUCED AT THAT TIME AND IN 1954. THE 1954 PRODUCTION WAS BY CHARLES SHORTINO AND CHARLES S. MOORE. THERE WAS NO MINING ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1-984, ALTHOUGH A HOUSE IS MAINTAINED ON THE PROPERTY.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS, IN PODS AND DISSEMINATIONS IN LIMESTONE, AND ALONG JOINT PLANES IN THE ADJACENT GRANODIORITE. BERYLLIUM OCCURS IN A ZONE OF SILICATED MARBLE ADJACENT TO THE GRANODIORITE, 50 FEET WIDE AND AT LEAST 200 FEET LONG. NO ASSURANCE THE BERYLLIUM IS RECOVERABLE. TOURMALINE OCCURS IN THE QUARTZ VEINS WITH SCHEELITE. SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE OCCUR IN TACTITE THAT BORDERS A SMALL BODY OF QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE INTO LIMESTON-E. BRECCIATED AND SHATTERED PRIDA SHALE AND SHALEY LIMESTONE, -BOTH CARBONACEOUS, ARE EXPOSED IN OPEN PIT. GRANITIC ROCK IS E-XPOSED ON DUMP BUT NOT IN OPEN CUT. PRESUMABLY, THE OPEN CUT W-AS FOR TUNGSTEN. SHATTERED LENSES OF QUARTZ OCCUR IN BRECCIATE-D PRIDA; PRESUMABLY, THE QUARTZ CONTAINS SCHEELITE. GRANITE OU-TCROPS TO EAST OF MINE. SOME YELLOW OXIDE STAIN ON SHALE, LOOK-S LIKE PB-SB OXIDE, (OR VANADATE?). FAULT ZONE HAS NORTHERLY S-TRIKE AND SHALLOW WEST DIP.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING CO., NEVADA; USBM IC 6902

Reference (Deposit): WARNER, ET AL., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NON PEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS PP 318

Reference (Deposit): VITALIANO, C.J., 1944, CONTACT METAMORPHISM AT RYE PATCH, NEVADA: GSA BULL. V. 55, P 921-950

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 27 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

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.