Mine detail: Stank and Forge Lease

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2658'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.69989, -118.15098
dep_id: 10037036
mrds_id: M030093
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Molybdenite, Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 42: W skarn
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Theodore, Ted G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite,Hornfels
Structure: Stank-Fault, Pre-Mineral And Post-Mineral Faults
disc_yr: 1914
discr: Emil Stank
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., 1977, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: KERR, 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 21
  • Deposit:: KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15
  • Deposit:: SCHILLING, 1962, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG REPORT 2
  • Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
  • Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
  • Production:: STAGER, IN PREP
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