Desert Scheelite

The Desert Scheelite is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,404 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

Name: Desert Scheelite  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 6,404 Feet (1,952 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.3792, -117.86940

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Desert Scheelite MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Desert Scheelite


Commodity

Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Shoshone


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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED POSSIBLE IN R37E


References

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL. 58, 1961, TB. 6.4, PL 1, 2

Reference (Deposit): USBM INFORM CIRC. 6941, 1937, P. 54

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 318, 1959, PP. 68-69, FIG. 4


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.