Indian Trail Group

The Indian Trail Group is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,030 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: Indian Trail Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,030 Feet (1,533 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 37.22389, -116.05833

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Indian Trail Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Indian Trail Group


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Spring District


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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

Owner Name: Speirs, Owen R. And Others
Years: 1951 -


Production

Year: 1940
Material type: ORE-W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.94% 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: Rhyolite Hills


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW INCLINE SHAFT OPENED INTO AN OPEN PIT.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE


References

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 140.

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 14


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.