Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryLead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model46: W veins
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlCracks And Fissures In Quartz Monzonite
Materials
Ore mineralsWolframite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsFluorite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1899
Discovery year1889
Identification
Deposit ID10008797
MRDS IDD001196
Alternate namesWedge, Bluff., Western Belle, Tungstic, Western View, Great Western, Rim, North Star, North Hub, Illinois, South Hub, Big Chunk, Side Issue, Pluto, Cracker Jack, Joe Bowers, Hubnerite, Wolframite, Tungsten, Canyon, Northern Light, Lookout, Lookout No. 2, Great Eastern, Eagle, Tungsten Extension, Hub Basin Mine, Tilford, Usbm Sample Localities 22, And 23. Claims: Hub, North Hub No.2, Kaspone, ConeStar, Moonshine, Bluebird, CoyoteBell, Spring
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.94995, -114.35085
References
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.HOSE, R.K.,BLAKE, M.C. JR.,AND SMITH,R.M., 1976, NBMG BULL 85, PT II, P. 79.STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEV NEWSLETTER PUB CO, RENO, NV.ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. CLIPPINGS, 1909,1912, NBMG FILE 341.USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.USGS, 1982, CRIB DATA.USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.WEEKS, F.B., 1908, USGS BULL 340, P. 263-270. 11.) HUSTON, M.B., 1912, PRELIM. REPORT ON TUNGSTEN MINING AND MILLING CO.'S PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 341, ITEM 2.STAGER,H.K., IN PREPARATION