Unnamed Tungsten

The Unnamed Tungsten is a tungsten mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 feet.

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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: Unnamed Tungsten  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.30528, -119.76944

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Unnamed Tungsten MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Tungsten


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Galena 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

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Skarn


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Skarn


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Workings): SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE IN TACTITE DEVELOPED ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT

Comment (Location): NEAR DENVER MINE. LAT/LONG ARE FROM JOHN AND OTHERS. UTM PLOTTED ON WASHOE CITY 7.5' TOPO., BASED ON GEOLOGY FROM TABOR AND OTHERS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH HAL BONHAM (16 JAN/92).

Comment (Other Database): NONE RECORDED

Comment (Development): "...OCCURRENCES ARE APPARENTLY TOO LOW GRADE TO BE WORKED PROFITABLY," BONHAM, 1969, P64

Comment (Commodity): BONHAM (1969, P.64) NOTES, "SMALL AMOUNTS" OF SCHEELITE


References

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVDADA BULL 70, P.64, (SITE 125 ON PLATE 2)

Reference (Deposit): JOHN, D.A., AND SHERLOCK, M.G., 1991, MAP SHOWING MINES AND PROSPECTS IN THE RENO 1 BY 2 QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, USGS MF-2154-B, SYMBOL #C9

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., AND ELLEN, S., 1975, WASHOE CITY QUADRANGLE GEOLOGIC MAP, NBMG ENVIRONMENTAL (URBAN) SERIES 5AG

Reference (Deposit): UNNAMED TUNGSTEN, GALENA DISTRICT, WASHOE COUNTY, UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY), NBMG

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., AND JONES, R.B., 1978, WASHOE CITY QUADRANGLE ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES MAP, NBMG ENVIRONMENTAL (URBAN) SERIES 5AH


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