Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.43907, -117.47262 |
dep_id: | 10008817 |
mrds_id: | D001234 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Tungsten |
Trace mineral: | Molybdenum |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Contact Metamorphic |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Scheelite |
gangue: | Pyrite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | LENTICULAR |
model: | 42: W skarn |
alteration: | Silicification Of Limestone. |
ore_ctrl: | Bedding Planes; Near Contact Of Granodiorite Pluton |
Reporter: | Elliott, James E., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) |
hrock_unit: | Pumpernickel;; |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
arock_type: | Diorite |
Year first produced: | 1941 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1954 |
disc_yr: | 1940 |
discr: | John B. Blossom, Battle Moutain |
References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 95-96.
- Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105., P. 194.
- Deposit:: LEMMON, D. L. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN: USGS MAP MR-25, P. 14.
- Deposit:: LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, A.C. AND BENSON, W.T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM OPEN FILE REPORT 85-3
- Production:: STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988)
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