Rose Creek Ranch Prospect

The Rose Creek Ranch Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,921 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

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Site Name

Primary: Rose Creek Ranch Prospect
Secondary: Unnamed Tungsten Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rose Creek District

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1951
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

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyroxene

Comments

Comment (Location): ON EAST BANK OF ROSE CREEK

Comment (Development): THE PROSPECT WAS KNOWN IN 1939, BUT MOST OF THE EXPLORATION, CONSISTING OF 3 BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND SEVERAL PROSPE-CT PITS, WAS DONE IN 1953, WITH NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT OF GRANODIORITE DIKES AND SILLS, ALL CUT BY FRACTURES THAT STRIKE E AND DIP STEEPLY N. TACTITE BANDS 2-4 FT WIDE -OCCUR LOCALLY ALONG THE FRACTURES. BANDS ARE LESS THAN 10 FT L-ONG AND CONTAIN ONLY A FEW CRYSTALS OF SCHEELITE WITH GARNET, -EPIDOTE, PYROXENE, AND QUARTZ. SAMPLES OF THE HIGHEST GRADE MA-TERIAL AVERAGE LESS THAN 0.1 % WO3.

Comment (Geology): NARROW TACTITE BANDS OCCUR IN ARGILLITE IN 3 WIDELY SEPARATED AREAS ADJACENT TO FRACTURES. BANDS VARY FROM 2-4 FEET.

Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1951, DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1953, CONSISTS OF 3 TRENCHES EXCAVATED BY A BULLDOZER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Workings): 3 BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1963?, NBMG MINING DISTRICTFILE 293, ITEM 4.

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

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

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

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

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.