Mine detail: M.G.L. Mines

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

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Location

Lat / long:

40.03489, -119.26489

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Molybdenite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	Auld Lang Syne Group
Host type:	Metasedimentary Rock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Post Mineral Faults
Alteration processes:	Silication And Silicification

References

MRDS	M060205
DEP	10042417
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)