Zig Zag Mine

The Zig Zag Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Zig Zag Mine
Secondary: Calico Mine
Secondary: Zig Zag and Calico Claims
Secondary: Usbm Sample Locality #183

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Shoshone (Minerva, Lexington, Tungsten) District

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: 1943
Time Period: 1942-1943
Material type: WO3
Description: Cp_Grade: ^From 18 Tons Ore Averaging 1.75% Wo3

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

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faulting Of Quartz Vein, Folding

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1981 SAMPLE FROM TRENCH ASSAYED 0.43%

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT AND A FEW OPEN CUTS, CROSS CUT, DRIFTS, INCLINED RAISE. 1981-TRENCH 20 FT LONG 6 FT DEEP.

Comment (Deposit): WEST END OF SAME VEIN AS THE TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE, SEPARATED BY ALLUVIAL COVER. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALS IN A QUARTZ AND CALCITE GANGUE.

Comment (Location): WNW OF THE TUNGSTEN QUEEN MINE 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1948 EDITION

Comment (Production): A LITTLE ORE WAS MINED FROM SURFACE CUTS IN 1942-1943

References

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

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 331, ITEM 1 - USBM DATA, 1963.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., 1944, USGS OFR; NBMG FILE 332, ITEM 9.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION

Reference (Reserve-Resource): USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA.

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C. JR. & SMITH, R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85 PT. 22, P. 76-77

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.