Mine detail: Oak Springtungsten Mine

Previously called 'Climax GroupClimax Guard GroupTamney Tungsten PropertyClimax Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.23579, -116.05309

Resource(B)

Primary: Tungsten, Gemstone
Tertiary: Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore: Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Idocrase, Pyroxene, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Nine Mile (Pogonip Group)
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Climax Stock
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM241962
DEP10046757
Reference{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 139-140.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 39}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1938, UNPUBLISHED REPORT NBMG}{Deposit:: 1957, FINAL REPORT: CLIMAX TUNGSTEN CO. (CLIMAX MINE) NYE CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND USGS DMEA FILE NO. 4660 (MERCURY).}{Deposit:: NORBERG, J.R., 1977, USBM, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS A.F.B., ETC.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED, USBM DATA, 1963, NBMG FILE 243, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: BENSON, B.T., 1954, MEMORANDUM REPORT OF EXAMINATION; OAK SPRING TUNGSTEN, NYE CO., NEV. PROP. FILE NO. 7472.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.S. AND D.E. HIBBARD, 1957, GEOL. OF THE A-EG. PROVING GROUNDS AREA, NEV: USGS BULL 1021-K, PP. 380-381}{Deposit:: USGS, DMEA 4301, IDM-E1028 (TUNGSTEN) MAPS.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., IN PRESS, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, NBMG BULL.}{Deposit:: 11) QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982-83, FIELD EXAMINATION}{Production:: NORBERG, J.R., 1977.}{Reserve-Resource:: JOHNSON & HIBBARD, 1957 P. 381; NORBERG, J.R., 1977, P. 81.}
ReporterHefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.)