Blue Wing Mine, Juniper Range Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Blue Wing Mine | Mine |
| Juniper Range Mining District | Prospect |
| Pershing County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 1' 17'' North , 119° 4' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Sec. 21, T25N, R26E, MDM.
Deposit: Developed by 3 trenches, 2 shallo W pits, and a vertical shaft 16 feet deep from the bottom of which a northdrift has been extended for 11 feet. Tungsten was mined in the district intermittently from world war I until 1961. Ore grade low, 0.4 to 0.8% wo3 ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ 3 parallel ribs of limestone in granodiorite has been metamorphosed and altered to tactite. Scheelite occurs finely disseminated in tactite. Limestone pendants traceable by outcrops and prospect workings for about 750 ft
Deposit type: W skarn
Development: Some road-building was in progress at the site at the time of examination 1984
Geology: 3 parallel ribs of limestone in granodiorite has been metamorphosed and altered to tactite scheelite occurs finely disseminated in tactite
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1 valid mineral.
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10042425 |
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- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Golconda-Roberts Mountain DomainDomain
- Havallah BasinBasin
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
- West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin
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