Quik-Tung Mine, Fondaway Canyon Mine (Paperweight-Half Moon; Hamburger Hill), Shady Run Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 48' 7'' North , 118° 12' 27'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lovelock | 1,878 (2017) | 47.6km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Fisk Tungsten Mine; Quick-Tung property; NBMG Sample Site 330; Quik-Tung Tungsten Mine; Quik Tung Mine
Fondaway Canyon. Tactite.
Structure: Folding, Faulting
Development: Area NW being explored and mined for gold. Most of drilling is east of quicktung mine. First located prior to 1920.
Tungsten occurs as scheelite pods and single crystals in a coarsely crystalline marble. The prospect is developed by a shaft and open stope about 80 feet deep. The upper part of the deposit is reported to have had quartz, stibnite and valentinite (?) associated with scheelite, but the workings at the 60-ft level contain only scheelite in the marble. Lime-silicate minerals are lacking, and no intrusive bodies are close to the deposit. Pyrite also has been reported, and a hydrothermal origin seems plausible.
Structure: Folding, Faulting
Development: Area NW being explored and mined for gold. Most of drilling is east of quicktung mine. First located prior to 1920.
Tungsten occurs as scheelite pods and single crystals in a coarsely crystalline marble. The prospect is developed by a shaft and open stope about 80 feet deep. The upper part of the deposit is reported to have had quartz, stibnite and valentinite (?) associated with scheelite, but the workings at the 60-ft level contain only scheelite in the marble. Lime-silicate minerals are lacking, and no intrusive bodies are close to the deposit. Pyrite also has been reported, and a hydrothermal origin seems plausible.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
| ⓘ Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 |
| ⓘ Valentinite ? Formula: Sb2O3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Valentinite ? | 4.CB.55 | Sb2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Valentinite | Sb2O3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Valentinite | Sb2O3 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5510741 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10103919 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Auld Lang Syne BasinBasin
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Golconda-Roberts Mountain DomainDomain
- Havallah BasinBasin
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
- West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin
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Quik-Tung Mine, Fondaway Canyon Mine, Shady Run Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USA