Wright Canyon Mine

The Wright Canyon Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 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

Name: Wright Canyon Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 40.39083, -118.18833

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Wright Canyon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wright Canyon Mine
Secondary: Unnamed Tungsten Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rye Patch 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: 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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Development): THIS WAS THE FIRST TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN THE DISTRICT, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN MINED SINCE A SMALL PRODUCTION- IN 1917-1918. A SHALLOW OPEN PIT ABOUT 10 FT DEEP, EXCAVATED -BY THOMAS D. ARNOLD AND F. L. FRAZIER WAS THE ONLY MINE WORKIN-G.

Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT HOLE EXPOSES 7 FT OF CONTACT-METAMORPHOSED LIMESTON. THE BLOCK APPEARS TO BE SMALL. SMALL AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE OCCUR IN METAMORPHOSED SILICEOUS LIMESTONE OVER A WIDE AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF A SMAL-L GRANODIORITE INTRUSION. A THIN VEINLET OF CHLOROPAL, ABOUT O-NE INCH WIDE WAS ALSO REPORTED TO OCCUR WITH THE TUNGSTEN DEPO-SIT.

Comment (Workings): A PROSPECT HOLE 10 FT DEEP

Comment (Geology): SCHEELITE DIFFICULT TO SEE UNLESS ROCK IS PANNED. AN INCH THICK VEIN OF CHLOROPAL WAS FOUND.


References

Reference (Deposit): HESS & LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 725-D

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.