Scheelite Extension Mine

The Scheelite Extension Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Scheelite Extension Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent 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: Corwin And Rush Mining Co.

Production

Year: 1952
Time Period: To 1952
Material type: ORE W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.46, W/3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN TACTITE ASSOCIATED WITH MARBLE AND CALC-HORNFELS IN A TABULAR INCLUSION IN GRANITIC ROCK; SCHEELITE ALSO PRESENT LOCALLY IN QUARTZ STRINGERS IN NEARBY GRANITIC ROCK. ALTERED ZONE VARIES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 13 FEET WIDE

Comment (Workings): 200-FOOT SHAFT AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS ON 5 LEVELS.

Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO NEVADA SCHEELITE MINE ON N; UTM ESTIMATED

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION UP TO 1952 AMOUNTED TO 360 CONTAINING 1.46% WO3

Comment (Development): COMPRISING 2 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; UBMG BULL. 58

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA; USBM

Reference (Production): JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, P. 93

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.