Mine detail: Nightingale Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.01406, -119.22961

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Copper, Arsenic, Manganese, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Auld Lang Syne Group
Host type:Slate,Argillite,Limestone
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM060208
DEP10042419
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 89}{Deposit:: SMITH, W.C. & GUILD, P.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE NIGHTINGALE DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS BULL. 936-B}{Deposit:: HESS AND LARSEN, 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U S., USGS BULL. 725-D, P. 2827}{Deposit:: KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY; USBM 1C 6902}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.,1962, NBM REPORT 2, P. 38.}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.,1979, NBMG OFR 79-3, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA, P. 168.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTENDEPOSITS OF NEVADA}{Production:: STAGER, H. K. (IN PREPARATION)}
ReporterHarner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), Royse, Sue E.