Teacup

The Teacup is a 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
Secondary: Cleghorn
Secondary: Cherry Creek Tungsten
Secondary: Ticup
Secondary: Biscuit
Secondary: Old Timer Mine
Secondary: Lens B

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cherry Creek District

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
Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Transition Metals Corp.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1979

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
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: Scheelite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Argentite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): ALSO IN SEC 25 T24N-R62E AND SEC19 T24N-R63E; E SLOPE OF EGA

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR MIN BULL 85, 1976, PP.47- 49, PL.2.

Reference (Deposit): USBM WAR MINERALS REPORT PROJ 712, 1943, TUNGSTEN.

Reference (Deposit): USBM REPT INV 4631, 1950, PP.1-7.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 318, 1959, PP.83- 84, FIG.4.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P.199.

Reference (Deposit): ADAIR, D.H., UNIV UTAH, MS THESIS,1961.

Reference (Deposit): MESA SAFETY SPOT INSPECTION REPORT ID NO.26-01402, 4/27-28/1

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.