Mine detail: Nevada Scheelite Mine

Previously called 'Leonard Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.03324, -118.31763

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Scheelite
Gangue: Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Excelsior;
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Excelsior;Excelsior;Excelsior;Excelsior
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Granite Intrusion
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSD001297
DEP10008845
Reference{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58}{Deposit:: JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN NEVADA; USBM}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6941, P. 63}{Deposit:: STOPPER, ROBERT & KRAUSKOPF, K.B., JUNE 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR RAWHIDE, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, WAR MINERALS REPORT 362: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL USB}{Production:: JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963}
ReporterElliott, James E., Royse, Sue E., Mosier, Dan