Tom Cat Group

The Tom Cat Group is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 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: Tom Cat Group

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYED UP TI 2%

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Geology): TACTITE AT THE TOM CAT PROSPECT IS RESTRICTED TO A FEW INCHES AND RAPIDLY GRADES INTO BARREN LIMESTONE ALONG STRIKE AWAY FROM THE CONTACT ZONE.

Comment (Workings): SINGLE SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): THIS GROUP CONSISTS OF FOUR TOM CATS CHIEFLY UNDERLAID BY GRANITE. GRANITE REACHES SURFACE OF MOST OF THE GROUP, WITH A LARGE INCLUSION OF HORNFELS ON THE TOM CATS NOS. 1 AND 2 THAT CONTAINS TRACES OF LODE MATTER NTACTITE) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE IS RESTRICTED TO A FEW INCHES AND RAPIDLY GRADES INTO BARREN LIMESTONE ALONG STRIKE AWAY FROM THE CONTACT ZONE. AREA IS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE OLSEN STOCK AND INCLUDES SHALLOW PENDANTS OF HORNFELS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF T-HE STOCK. QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE.

Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF OLSEN CANYON

Comment (Development): AREA OF CLAIMS WAS PROSPECTED IN 1918, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT DEPOSITS WERE FOUND

References

Reference (Deposit): HERSHEY, O.H., 1918, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1973, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, 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.