Cactus Prospect

The Cactus Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,519 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: Cactus Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,519 Feet (1,987 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 38.98694, -117.22500

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Cactus Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cactus Prospect
Secondary: Unnamed Tunsten Property This Record Was Merged With Record #
Secondary: M233658


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Beryllium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Year: 1954
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Est To Contain 1.0 Percent Wo3


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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: Toiyabe Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn


Orebody

Form: LARGE POCKET


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SCHEELITE AVERAGING 2-3 % WAS MINED(THIN SEAM). A GRAB SAMPLE IN 1980 FROM THE DUMP SHOWED 15 PPM BE


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Production): AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE ZONE AT BASE OF NW DIPPING MARBLE BED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO INCLINED SHAFTS.ALSO SURFACE WORKINGS(LAPOINTE).

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM #M233658 WHICH WAS DELETED. (LA POINTE RECORD FOR SURFACE WORKINGS) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., 1984, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 99B, (COMMODITY SECTION-TUNGSTEN).

Reference (Deposit): STAGER AND TINGLEY, 1988, TUNSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105.

Reference (Production): STAGER AND TINGLEY,1988, NBMG BULL. 105.


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.