New Tempiute Mine

The New Tempiute Mine is a tungsten, silver, fluorine-fluorite, and zinc mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,300 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: New Tempiute Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1452
Secondary: 1453
Secondary: 1454.

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Tempiute 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: Union Carbide, Minerals Division

Owner Name: Union Carbide

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Intersecting High-And Low-Angle Faults Striking Nw And Sw, Exposed On Face Of The Open Pit; Shearing Parallel To Bedding

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Bleaching, Silicification

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES 1452, 1453, 1454 CONTAIN 15-20% FE, 3000-GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 0-1 PPM AG, 0-200 PPM AS 0-1000 PPM BA, 0-150 PPM CO, 100-200 PPM CU, 0-300 PPM MO, 0-70 PPM NI, 10-100 PPM PB, 0-300 PPM SR, 20-150 PPM V, 50-10,000 PPM W, 700-GREATER THAN 10,000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Nontronite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Wollastonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ADJACENT TO THE QUARTZ VEINS. WORKINGS EAST OF THE OPEN PIT NEAR THE SADDLE INCLUDE ANOTHER SMALL RATHER DEEP AND NARROW OPEN PIT WHICH EXCAVATED ORE ALONG THE CONTACT OF THE INTRUSIVE AND THE SKARN ZON

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT; ADIT OR CAVE; NARROW DEEP PIT

Comment (Development): SOUTHERN-MOST WORKINGS OF UNION CARBIDE'S PROPERTY AT TEMPIUTE. NO PRODUCTION AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983. BUT DEVELOPMENT WORK, BLASTING, ETC. WAS BEIN CONTINUED.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Deposit): SKARN ZONE OF WHICH ONLY MINOR REMNANTS REMAIN EXPOSED ALONG 3-5 BENCHES. ON THE E AND W SIDES. TONGUES OF THE GRANITE BODY EXTEND INTO THE LIMESTONE UNIT AND ARE ARGILLICALLY ALTERED, BLEACHED, HEAVILY IRON-STAINED WITH LIMESTONE-HORNFELS ALONG THE CONTACT. SKARN MINERALS INCLUDE GARNET, PYRITE, BISMUTHINITE (?), PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, FLUORITE, CALCITE, AND WOLLASTONITE. THE IRON-RICH SULFIDES ARE ALTERED TO A GREENISH CLAYEY MATERIAL RESEMBLING NONTRONITE. WESTERN EDGE OF SKARN ZONE IS MORE GOSSANY; LIMONITE-STAINED, AND EXHIBITS A GREATER DEGREE OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION WITH MUCH SLAG-LIKE MATERIAL. A MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN WITH ABUNDANT OPEN SPACES CARRYING OXIDIZED PYRITE GRAINS AND GHOSTS, CUTS BOTH THE LIMESTONE AND THE SKARN ZONE. VERY FINE TREMOLITE CRYSTALS ARE INTERGROWN IN THE LIMESTONE. MASSIVE (UP TO SEVERAL FEET WIDE) VEINS/CLOTS OF CRYSTALLINE CALCITE/SIDERITE/MANGANOSIDERITE OCCUR IN THE LIMESTONE. LOCALLY THE LIMESTONE IS SILICIFIED NEAR AND

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 3, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, E.H. AND PAMPEYAN, C.M., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.

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.