George Pit

The George Pit is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: George Pit
Secondary: Hard Luck George
Secondary: Durnan Lode
Secondary: George Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mill City 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Stank Fault

Type: L
Description: Small Faults Cut And Offset The George Bed

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Development): THE GEORGE OPEN PIT WAS DEVELOPED AND MINED IN THE EARLY 1950'S.

Comment (Location): GEORGE MINE IS WEST OF HUMBOLDT HILL ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE EUGENE MOUNTAINS. THE ORIGINAL GEORGE SHAFT IS IN SE-C 27 AND THE GEORGE OPEN PIT IS ABOUT 1500 FT TO THE SOUTH, IN- SEC 34.

Comment (Deposit): THE GEORGE BED LIES 200-300 FT ABOVE THE HUMBOLDT BED AND CAN BE TRACED FROM ITS CONTACT WITH THE OLSEN STOCK SOUTH TO WHERE IT IS CUT BY THE STANK FAULT IN THE SOUTH -FACE OF THE GEORGE PIT. ALONG THIS NEARLY 2000 FT OF OUTCROP, -SEVERAL SMALL OPEN PITS AND SHAFTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. IN 191-8, AT THE SOUTH END OF THE GEORGE BED OUTCROP, ON WHAT WAS THE-N KNOWN AS THE DURNAN LODE, ABOUT 53 TONS OF ORE, AVERAGING 3.-59 % W03 WERE MINED AND SHIPPED TO TOULON FOR MILLING.

Comment (Workings): GEORGE SHAFT AND GEORGE PIT

Comment (Deposit): THE GEORGE BED LIES 200 TO 300 FEET STRATIGRAPHICALLY ABOVE THE HUMBOLDT BED. IT CAN BE TRACED FROM ITS CONTAC WITH THE OLSEN STOCK SOUTH TO WHERE IT IS CUT BY THE STANK FAULT IN THE FACE OF GEORGE PIT. LIMITED MINING HAS BEEN DONE MOSTLY IN THE PORTION OF THE BED LYING IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE SPRINGER MINE. THE GEORGE PIT IS IN THE STANK-HUMBOLDT BELT ALONG WITH THE HUMBOLDT, SPRINGER, STANK, KEYES, CODD, AND YELLOW SCHEELITE WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES; GSA MEMOIR 15

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1973, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEV.

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.