Owl Claim

The Owl Claim is a tungsten mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Owl Claim
Secondary: Valley View
Secondary: Hankins Property
Secondary: Lakeview
Secondary: Eddy Claims

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Valley View (Ruby Valley)

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: 1957
Time Period: 1953-57
Material type: ?
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.6 Percent Wo3

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: W skarn

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization Silication

Rocks

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bismuth
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): IN 1943, 20 TONS OF SORTED ORE WASHIPPED, CONTAINING 150 UNITS WO3.

Comment (Deposit): TACTITE LAYER 1 TO 6 INCHES WIDE FOR 48 FEET ALONG STRIKE CONTAINING SCHEELITE AND BISMUTH.

Comment (Workings): AN ADIT AND AN ON CUT

Comment (Deposit): THE OWL CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT AND AN OPEN CUT. THE ORE GRADE ACCORDING TO M.R. KLEPPER (1943) WAS 1-5% WO3. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF DIRT ROAD IN CANYON ON EAST FLANK OF RUBY MOUNTAINS IN HUMBOLDT NATIONAL FOREST.

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, RM, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 56.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 10

Reference (Production): STAGER AND TINGLEY (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.