Mine detail: M.G.L. Mines

Previously called 'CowlesWestern SoldierWizard GroupCameron ClaimsNBMG Sample Sites 2896 and 2897Buster'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.03489, -119.26489
dep_id: 10042417
mrds_id: M060205
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Molybdenite, Scheelite
gangue: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
work_type: Unknown
model: 42: W skarn
alteration: Silication And Silicification
ore_ctrl: Igneous Contact
Reporter: Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)
hrock_unit: Auld Lang Syne Group
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Post Mineral Faults
Year first produced: 1918
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM REPORT
  • Deposit:: HESS AND LARSEN, 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725-D
  • Deposit:: KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STTATES: GSA MEMOIR 15
  • Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY; USBM 1C 6902.
  • Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
  • Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1 MAR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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