Rawhide Tungsten Property

The Rawhide Tungsten Property is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rawhide Tungsten Property

Commodity

Tertiary: 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: W. H. Strand, Gallon, Nevada; R. H. Sheehy, Carson City, Nev.

Production

Year: 1956
Time Period: 1950-1956
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.5 Percent Wo3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1947
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRADE: 0.1-0.4% WO3

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): ROCKS IN AREA ARE BLUE AND GRAY LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH SHALE THAT STRIKE EAST AND DIP 75S. THESE ARE INTRUDED BY GRANITE AND SMALL DIKES OF ANDESITE PORPHYRY. ALONG NORTH SIDE OF CLAIMS THE INTRUSIVE GRANITE STRIKED N30W. THE ANDESITE PORPHYRY OCCURS AS DIKES UP TO 20 FEET THICK AND AS SMALL PLUGS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

Comment (Development): PROPERTY COMPRISED OF 5 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE CRESCENT, ELIZABETH, OSCAR, SCHEELITE NUGGET, AND THE LAST HOPE.

Comment (Deposit): TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN DISCONNECTED SMALL SHOOTS IN OR ADJACENT TO WELL-DEFINED FAULTS. A FEW TUNGSTEN-BEARING AREAS ARE EXPOSED ON THE PROPERTY. TWO ARE IN SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS ALONG THE WEST VEIN THAT VARY IN WIDTH FROM 4 TO 5 FEET AND 20 TO 30 FEET IN LENGTH. IN THEM SCHEELITE OCCURS FINELY DISSEMINATED IN A GARNET AND EPIDOTE GANGUE. IN THE MAIN WORKINGS, 3 SECTIONS ARE EXPOSED THAT SHOW VARYING AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION IN AND ADJACENT TO THE MAIN FAULT. THE AREAS ARE FROM 10-30 FEET IN LENGTH AND ARE CONTROLLED BY NW TRENDING CROSS FRACTURES THAT DIP 10-20W. IN THESE AREAS THE LIMESTONE HAS BEEN ALTERED AND SILICATED, WITH SCHEELITE OCCURRING DISSEMINATED AND AS SMALL CRYSTAL BUNCHES.

Comment (Workings): 400-FOOT ADIT FOLLOWS THE PRINCIPAL FAULT IN A NE DIRECTION, AND A NUMBER OF SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS.

References

Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)

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.