Mine detail: Garnet/Tenn. Mtn.

Previously called 'Tennessee Mountain MineGarnetGarnet TungstenKnowles Bros. Tungsten Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.7946, -115.67452

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Other material: Actinolite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Plagioclase, Powellite, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Scheelite, Uraninite
Discovery year: 1949

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1970

Geology

References

MRDSD001177
MAS320070011
DEP10246544
Reference{Deposit:: BUSHNELL, K. O. GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE,}{Deposit:: ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY}{Deposit:: BULLETIN 67, 1967, 38 PP.}{Deposit:: NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.}{Deposit:: COATS, R. R., AND E. H. MCKEE. AGES OF PLUTONS AND}{Deposit:: TYPES OF MINERALIZATION, NORTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 800-C, 1972,}{Deposit:: PP. C165-C168.}{Deposit:: COCA MINES, INC. ANNUAL REPORT, 1982.1983, 8 PP.}{Deposit:: ENGEL, A. L., AND E. S. SHEDD. TREATMENT TESTS OF}{Deposit:: SCHEELITE ORES FROM CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND UTAH. BUMINES}{Deposit:: RI 5087, 1954, 24 PP.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. SURVEY OF MINE AND}{Deposit:: PLANT EXPANSION. V. 179, NO. 1, 1978, P. 75.}{Deposit:: GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F.}{Deposit:: LEE. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1957, 190 PP.}{Deposit:: HOPE, R. A., AND R. R. COATS. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC}{Deposit:: MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE}{Deposit:: MAP 76-779, 6 SHEETS, 1976, SCALE 1:100,000.}{Deposit:: SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,}{Deposit:: U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: 88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,}{Deposit:: JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES}{Deposit:: AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)}{Reserve-Resource:: BENSON, W. T., 1953, PRELIMINARY REPORT GARNET TUNGSTEN}{Reserve-Resource:: PROSPECT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. DMEA-2820, KNOWLES BROS.}{Reserve-Resource:: TUNGSTEN CLAIMS (GARNET TUNGSTEN), 7 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: 527. NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). OXBOW NEVADA TUNGSTEN MILL}{Reserve-Resource:: BUSHNELL, K. O., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE,}{Reserve-Resource:: ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUMINES BULL. 67.}{Reserve-Resource:: --------1955, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUADRANGLE,}{Reserve-Resource:: NEVADA. PHD DISSERTATION, YALE UNIVERSITY.}{Reserve-Resource:: COATS, R. R. AND MCKEE E. H., 1972, AGES OF PLUTONS AND}{Reserve-Resource:: 526. NORTHERN MINER (TORONTO). OXBOW IN PRODUCTION AT}{Reserve-Resource:: NEVADA. U. S. GEOL. SURV., PROF. PAP. 800-C, PP. C165-}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1978, SURVEY OF MINE AND}{Reserve-Resource:: PLANT EXPANSION. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.}{Reserve-Resource:: VOL. 179, NO. 1, P. 75.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGLE, A. L., 1954, TREATMENT TESTS OF SCHEELITE ORE FROM}{Reserve-Resource:: CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, AND UTAH: U.S. BUMINES R.I. 5087.}{Reserve-Resource:: GENTRY, G. G., SMITH, R. M., AND LAUB D. C., 1954, DMEA-}{Reserve-Resource:: 2820, KNOWLES BROS. TUNGSTEN CLAIMS (GARNET TUNGSTEN)}{Reserve-Resource:: ELKO COUNTY, NEV. REPT. OF EXAM BY FIELD TEAM, REGION}{Reserve-Resource:: III, CONTRACT IDM-E556, 12 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: GRANGER, A. E., BELL, M. M., SIMMONS, G. C., AND LEE,}{Reserve-Resource:: FLORENCE, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO}{Reserve-Resource:: COUNTY, NEVADA. NEV. BUMINES BULL. 54.}{Reserve-Resource:: HOPE, R. A., 1970, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO}
ReporterOverbay, D.