The Desert Scheelite Claims is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.379, -117.87000
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Desert Scheelite Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert Scheelite Claims
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Pilot Mountains 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1941-43
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Assayed 0.266 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: LOW-GRADE SCHEELITE-HEARING TACTITE AVERAGES 50 FT IN WIDTH AND IS EXPOSED FOR 700 FT
Form: LOW-GRADE SCHEELITE-HEARING TACTITE AVERAGES 50 FT IN WIDTH AND IS EXPOSED FOR 700 FT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cinnabar Canyon And Lost Steers Thrust Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): E FLANK OF PILOT MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1956.
Comment (Workings): TWO OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES AND PITS, AND MINOR UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK/HOST FORMATION ILL-DEFINED
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
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.
