| Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 40.85211, -117.85791 |
| dep_id: | 10008790 |
| mrds_id: | D001179 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Tungsten |
| Minor mineral: | Copper, Zinc, Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Molybdenum, Arsenic, Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Actinolite, Calcite, Diopside, Feldspar, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL, TABULAR |
| model: | 42: W skarn |
| alteration: | Argillite To Hornfels |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Activity |
| ore_ctrl: | Argillite Beds |
| Reporter: | Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Elliott, J.E., Donahoe, James L. (Johnson, M.G.), Royse, Sue E., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) |
| hrock_unit: | Winnemucca;Winnemucca;Winnemucca |
| hrock_type: | Argillite |
| arock_type: | Diabase |
| Structure: | Dikes And Faults, Faults, Basic Dikes |
| Year first produced: | 1943 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1955 |
| disc_yr: | 1865 |
| discr: | Ed Christierson And George Howe (Tungsten) |
| References: |
- Analytical Data:: GARSIDE (1984)
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 81-83.
- Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., 1944, THE ROSE CREEK TUNGSTEN MINE, PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: USGS BULL. 940-A, P. 3.
- Deposit:: KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES; GSA MEMOIR 15
- Deposit:: WARNER, L.A., HOLSER, W.T., WILMANTH, V.R., AND CAMERON, E.N., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 318, P. 80.
- Deposit:: LEMMON, D. M., 1944: NBMG UNPUBLISHED DATA.
- Deposit:: LEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, TUNGST IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MAP MR-25.
- Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 163.
- Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.
- Deposit:: STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OPEN FILE REPORT 85-3.
- Production:: LEMMON (1944); JOHNSON (1977); STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988)
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