Mine detail: Three Prospects

Previously called 'The Lava Beds ProspectUnnamed Tungsten Deposits'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.53683, -119.00406
dep_id: 10008810
mrds_id: D001220
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Scheelite
model: 42: W skarn
conc_proc: Metamorphism
ore_ctrl: Grantitic Contact With Sedimentary Rocks; Bedding Planes, In Part.
Reporter: Elliot, James E., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
disc_yr: 1914
References:
  • Deposit:: HESS, F. L. AND LARSON, E. S., 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL 725-D, P. 292-294.
  • Deposit:: STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITIN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 193
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 92.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U. S., USGS MAP MR-25.
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