Golden Scheelite Prospect

The Golden Scheelite Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,531 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Golden Scheelite Prospect
Secondary: Lincoln and Greenhorn Groups of Claims

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Varyville District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CLAIM AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY METAMORPHIC ROCKS ENCLOSED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE. SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE OCCURS ALONG AND NEAR CONTACTS OF BIOTITE-FELDSPAR QUARTZ SCHIST WITH THE GRANITIC ROCK. EXPOSURES ARE POOR, BUT SCHEELITE APPEARS TO BE PRESENT IN ALL THE TACTITE, WHICH IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF PYROXENE, GARNET, AMPHIBOLE EPIDOTE, AND QUARTZ. MUCH OF THE SCHEELITE FLUORESCES CANARY YELLOW, INDICATIVE OF HIGH MOLYBDENUM CONTENT. TACTITE BODIES APPEAR TO BE SMALL AND TUNGSTEN CONTENT IS GENERALLY LOW, RANGING FROM 0.01 % TO 2 %, BUT AVERAGING ONLY ABOUT 0.25 % WO3.

Comment (Workings): 50 FT LONG OPEN CUT, 15 FT WIDE AND 15 FT DEEP, 60 FT LONG TRENCH, 20 FT TRENCH, OTHER SHALLOW SMALL TRENCHES.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD HAS BEEN MERGED WITH D011055, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Comment (Location): ON A NORTH FORK OF BARTLETT CREEK ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF TOP OF BARTLETT PEAK.

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED IN 1953 AND 1954. A SINGLE TRUCKLOAD OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO THE GETCHELL MILL IN 1953 CONTAINING 6 TONS OF 0.71 % WO3 ORE.

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

Reference (Production): STAGER, (IN PREP.)

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.