Nevada · White Pine County
Past Producer

Osceola District Lode Deposits

White Pine County, Nevada, United States
GoldTungstenLeadMolybdenumManganese
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Description

Matteson and Heck (lode)

Commodities
PrimaryGold, Tungsten
SecondaryLead, Molybdenum
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typesheeted fissure vein zones
Model282: Gneiss-hosted kyanite Au
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formtabular to pipelike
Ore controlOre at the Cumberland is controlled by two fracture zones, one trending E-W, and one NE-SW. The E-W one is traceable for more than a half mile on the surface aas a series of ?blowouts?. Another ore zone is in part controlled by a N75W fracture zone dipping 70N.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Scheelite, Powellite, Fluorite, Calcite, Limonite, Manganite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Wheeler Limestone (Combined Metals Member)
Associated rockPorphyry,Quartz Monzonite,Granodiorite
StructureThe mine area rocks are cut by many vertical to steeply dipping N- to NE-trending faults with little displacement.
AlterationClay seams present in some ore.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1872
Last production1940
Discovery year1872
Identification
Deposit ID10310455
Alternate namesTilford claim, Skyline claim, Paycheck claim, Apex claim, Hungry Three claim, Three Sisters claim, Gilded Age Mine, Gold Exchange Group, Butterfield claim, Star claim, Crescent claim, Time Check claim, Cumberland claim, Lane Tilford Group, Exchange claim, Woodman claim, Golden Eagle claim, January claim, Dirty Shirt Mine, Serpent claim, Black Mule Mine, Hampton, Skyline claim groups, Summit Group, King claim, Queen claim, Goldhill claim, June claim, Gold Crown claim, Skipper Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.083, -114.39974
References
Weeks, F.B., 1908 Geology and Mineral Resources of the Osceola Mining District, White Pine Co., Nevada, U.S.G.S Bull 340Mining Record, 1926 Clipping Mentions Crescent Mine.USBM, 1983, MILS DataTerradata, 1980, A Mineral Inventory of the Schell Resource Area, Ely District, Nevada; Prepared For BLM.Lemmon, D.M., Unpublished Data.Lemmon, D.M., And Tweto, O.L., 1962, Tungsten in the U.S., USGS Map, MR-25.Hose, R.K., Blake, M.C., Jr., and Smith, R.M., 1976, NBMG Bull 85, p. 60-62.Stager, H. K., and Tingley, J.V., 1988, NBMG Bull.105,Tungsten Deposits of Nevada.Parker, M.B., 1930, The Dirty Shirt group of scheelite mining claims: NBMG district file 335, item #1.USBM,1963, Unpublished Data, NBMG File 335, Item 13.Weed, W.H.,Ed., 1922, The Mines Handbook, Vol. XV, p. 1303-1304.McClure, E.R., 1934, Letter and report on Hampton & Skyline mining claims, Osceola, Nev.; NBMG district file 335, item 2.Vanderburg, W.O., 1936, NBMG Bull 27, p. 167-173USBM, 1983, Open File Report MLA 56-83.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.