Mine detail: Ore Drag Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long: 40.56184, -117.43789

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony, Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Ore: Kermesite, Scheelite, Stibnite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1940

Geology

Host rock:Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain;Augusta Mountain
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Two N-Trending Faults, Fault Shear Zone

References

MRDSD001233
DEP10008816
Reference{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OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 6902.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., 1945, UNPUBLISHED DATA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 164-165.}{Deposit:: DONAHOE, J. 1979, ORE DRAG MINE, UNPUBLISHED DRAFT CRIB RECORD, UPDATED IN 1984 BY J. TINGLEY, PERSHING COUNTY, IRON HAT DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY) FILES.}{Production:: LAWRENCE (1963)}
ReporterElliott, J.E., Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)