Baker Workings

The Baker Workings is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 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: Baker Workings
Secondary: North Sutton
Secondary: Uncle Sam Midway
Secondary: Springer Mine 1988

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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION FROM STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988).

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH NORTH & SOUTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, AND ORPHAN.

Comment (Deposit): THE BAKER PROSPECT IS PART OF THE SUTTON BED THAT HAS BEEN CUT AND FAULTED NORTH OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE

Comment (Workings): THIS MINE WAS MINED UNDERGROUND AS PART OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE

Comment (Deposit): THE BAKER PROSPECT IS PART OF THE SUTTON BED THAT'S BEEN CUT AND FAULTED NORTH OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE. IT WAS LATER MINED UNDERGROUND AS PART OF THE NORTH SUTTON MINE. PRODUCTION WAS INCLUDED WITH THE NORTH SUTTON. NOW UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY UTAH INTERNATIONAL AND IS NOW CALLED THE SPRINGER MINE WHICH INCLUDES THE NORTH SUTTON, SOUTH SUTTON, UNCLE SAM, AND ORPHAN MINES. TINGLEY (PERSONAL COMM., 1990) SAYS KING AND HOLMES MISLOCATED NORTH SUTTON NO. 1.

References

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

Reference (Deposit): KERR, 1934, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 21

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 105, P.170-172

Reference (Deposit): KING, W. H. AND HOLMES, G.H., JR., 19 , INVESTIGATION OF NEVADA-MASSACHUSETTS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, PERSHING COUNTY, NV, USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4634

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.