Mine detail: Ore Drag Mine

Previously called 'Tungsten No.14, Peacock SwackhammerDrag Ore'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.56184, -117.43789
dep_id: 10008816
mrds_id: D001233
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Antimony, Tungsten
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Kermesite, Scheelite, Stibnite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 42: W skarn
ore_ctrl: In Stringers In Shear Zone
Reporter: Elliott, J.E., Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Two N-Trending Faults, Fault Shear Zone
Year first produced: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 200.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89 P.61-62
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6902.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., 1945, UNPUBLISHED DATA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.
  • Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 164-165.
  • Deposit:: DONAHOE, J. 1979, ORE DRAG MINE, UNPUBLISHED DRAFT CRIB RECORD, UPDATED IN 1984 BY J. TINGLEY, PERSHING COUNTY, IRON HAT DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY) FILES.
  • Production:: LAWRENCE (1963)
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