Tactite Thursday

The Tactite Thursday is a tungsten mine located in Carson City county, Nevada.

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: Tactite Thursday  

State:  Nevada

County:  Carson City

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.09278, -119.63056

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Tactite Thursday MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tactite Thursday
Secondary: War Bond
Secondary: Old Discovery
Secondary: Knight Claims
Secondary: Flag


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Carson City
District: Delaware


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

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): ROCKS IN MINE AREA CONSIST OF BUFF-COLORED SHALE AND INTERBEDDED BLUE-GREY LIMESTONE WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRUDED BY GRANITE. THESE FORMATIONS ARE CUT BY NARROW DIKES ANDESITE AND OCCASSIONAL EAST-WEST TRENDING DIKES OF PEGMATITE AND APLITE. LIMESTONE OCCURS IN 4 PARALLEL RIBS BETWEEN TONGUES OF GRANITE IN AN AREA 1500'X2000'. SEDIMENTS STRIKE N-S, DIP 50 DEG-70 DEG E. SCHEELITE OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN EPIDOTE-GARNITE-QUARTZ TACTITE AREAS 30' TO 100' WIDE FORMED ADJACENT TO CONTACT. TWO MAIN MINERALIZED AREAS, AN EAST OF WEST ZONE, HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. WEST ZONE, 200'X1000', CONTAINS SCHEELITE IN NARROW WIDTHS, UP TO 0.3% WO3. THE EAST ZONE, 500' EAST OF WEST ZONE, IS MINERALIZED OVER AREA 50'-100' WIDE, 500' LONG. WITHIN THIS, SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SMALL SHOOTS, WITH VALUES RANGING FROM 0.25 TO 0.45% WO3 OVER WIDTHS OF 4' TO 8'. A 250-TON TEST LOT OF ORE, AVERAGING 0.3% WO3, WAS MINED FROM THE OLD DISCOVERY (EAST) PIT.


References

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, TD, MIN RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NBMG BULL 46, 1947

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, AC, BENSON, WT, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA, USBM UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1963, FROM NBMG FILES


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