Teacup Biscuit Mine

The Teacup Biscuit Mine is a silver and tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 feet.

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: Teacup Biscuit Mine
Secondary: Biscuit

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cherry Creek (Gold Canyon, Egan Canyon)

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Argentite

Comments

Comment (Production): IT IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED 3 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SILVER (1916) AMOUNT OF WO3 IS FROM 20,906 TONS OF ORE

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE MANY DRIFTS AT MANY LEVELS IN THE SHAFT, BUT NONE APPEAR TO BE LONG, AND MOST OF THEM WERE CAVED IN (OCT, 1913)

Comment (Geology): WHITE QUARTZ LENSE LIKE BODIES, IN SOME PLACES SPECKLED WITH MINUTE PARTICLES OF A SOFT BLACK METALLIC APPEARING MATERIAL WITH AG AND A LITTLE CU AND S. A SMALL AMOUNT OF CU CARBONATE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED ON THE JOINTS OF THE RICHER ORE.

Comment (Location): EST

References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, GEORGE H. JR, FEB, 1950, INVESTIGATION OF CHERRY CREEK TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV., BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4631

Reference (Deposit): LEMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA

Reference (Deposit): LEMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962 TUNGSTEN IN THE US USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M., 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICT IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648

Reference (Production): UPDATE

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.