Saddle Prospect

The Saddle Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Saddle Prospect
Secondary: Barnes & Noviak Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2965

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Leonard Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Noviack, J.
Years: 1976 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
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

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: UP TO 1.64 % WO3. SAMPLE 2965 CONTAINS 10 % FE, 2 % MG, 10 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 1000 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 1000 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 5 PPM BE, 10 PPM CO, 70 PPM CR, 1500 PPM CU, 50 PPM LA, 15 PPM MO, 20 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 1000 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, AND 70 PPM ZR.
Analytical Data: UP TO 0.01 % MO, 0.01 % CU, TRACES AU

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Magnetite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): OWNED IN 1960'S BY J. NOVIACK AND J.F. BARNES. EXPLORATION PROGRAM CONSISTING OF TRENCHING AND DRIFTING ALONG THE CONTACT FAILED TO DISCOVER ANY LARGE OREBODIES. THE 9 UNPATENTED LOVE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1954 BY NOVIACK & BARNES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Deposit): MAIN ADIT IS IN METASEDIMENTS NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. OTHER WORKINGS ABOVE THE ADIT HAVE BEEN BULLDOZED AWAY REVEALING MUCH OF THE CONTACT AND FORMING A 40 X 60 FT. PIT ON THE S. SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. A SINGLE DRILL HOLE WAS EMPLACED IN THE PIT AND ANOTHER TO THE EAST AT THE SAME LEVEL. SAMPLE 2965 IS FROM THE DUMP NEAR THE MAIN ADIT AND FROM THE UPPER WORKINGS. THE MAIN DUMP IS COVERED WITH FRESH GRANODIORITE, THOUGHT TO BE TACTITE ALONG AND NEAR THE CONTACT OF QUARTZ MONZONITE AND LIMESTONE. SOME OF THE SCHEELITE FLUORESCES WITH A SLIGHT YELLOWISH TINGE, BUT MO CONTENT IS LOW. ORE GRADE RANGES FROM 0.3 TO 1.75 % WO3, AVG. 0.48 % WO3. THREE ORE ZONES ARE EXPOSED FROM CREST OF RANGE WESTWARD FOR ABOUT 800 FT. UPPER ZONE 2-10 FT. WIDE, 100. FT LONG, 3-5 FT. DEEP. MIDDLE ORE ZONE HAS 2 PARALLEL ORE BODIES, ONE 50 FT. LONG, 3-5 FT. DEEP. MIDDLE ORE ZONE HAS 2 PARALLEL ORE BODIES, ONE 50 FT. LONG, 13-20 FT. WIDE, THE OTHER 150 FT. LONG, 1.5-5 FT. WIDE. BOTH CUT OFF BY

Comment (Deposit): NW FAULT. LOWER ORE ZONE EXPOSED IN ADIT PORTAL IS 100 FT. LONG, 2 FT. WIDE.

Comment (Workings): CAVED MAIN ADIT, SERIES OF DOZER CUTS AND TRENCHES, DRILL HOLES.

Comment (Location): 4 MILES N. OF SENTINEL PEAK NEAR CREST OF EAST RIDGE

Comment (Production): 500 TONS OF 0.51% WO3 AND 500 TONS 0.6% WO3 PRODUCED

Comment (Development): DRILLING WITHIN PAST 7 YEARS; LARGE DUMPS INDICATE SIZEABLE PRODUCTION. FIRST ORE WAS MINED IN 1955, AND SHIPPED TO THE GETCHELL MILL.

Comment (Geology): TACTITE BODIES ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE-CARBONATE UNIT OF PRE-CRETACEOUS MESOZOIC AGE; IRREGULAR TACTITE ZONE IS UP TO 30 FT. THICK.

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1976, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE SADDLE TUNGSTEN PROSPECT, ON FILE AT NBMG.

Reference (Deposit): KUNDERT, K.H., 1971, EXAMINATION OF THE SADDLE TUNGSTEN PROSPECT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG.

Reference (Deposit): ANCTIC, R.J., 1973, THE SADDLE TUNGSTEN PROPERTY, LEONARD CREEK MINING DISTRICT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG. #5. QUADE, JACK, 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS. #6. NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3. #7. STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNHSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Production): TINGLEY, J. V., 1976

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.