Mine detail: Nevada Scheelite Mine & Mill

Previously called 'Leonard Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.01661, -118.32596

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Other material: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Quartz, Scheelite, Wollastonite
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1937

Geology

References

MAS320210033
DEP10271423
Reference{Deposit:: GEEHAN, R. W., AND R. R. TRENGOVE. INVESTIGATION OF}{Deposit:: NEVADA SCHEELITE, INC., DEPOSIT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: BUMINES RI 4681, 1950, 13 PP.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. H., JR. BERYLLIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, 1959-62, BUMINES IC 8158, 1963, 19}{Deposit:: ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL}{Deposit:: COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Deposit:: BULL. 58, 1961, 98 PP.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY}{Deposit:: OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSORS, 1975.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, J. K. GEOLOGY OF THE NEVADA SCHEELITE MINE,}{Deposit:: MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV, RENO,}{Deposit:: NV, 1982, 94 PP.}{Deposit:: VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING}{Deposit:: DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES}{Deposit:: IC 6941, 1937, 79 PP.}{Deposit:: WARNER, L. A., W. T. HOLSER, V. R. WILMARTH, AND E.}{Deposit:: N. CAMERON. LOCALITIES IN NEVADA. CH. IN OCCURRENCE OF}{Deposit:: NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SURV. PROF. PAPER 318, 1959, PP. 63-85.}
ReporterSpear, James M.