Mine detail: Highgrade Prospect

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 2862High Grade'

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.00239, -119.22572
dep_id: 10042420
mrds_id: M060209
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Silver
Minor mineral: Bismuth, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Trace mineral: Manganese, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Scheelite
model: 42: W skarn
alteration: Silification
ore_ctrl: Tactite Zone At Contact Of Metasediments With Granodiorite
Reporter: Johnson, M. G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.)
hrock_unit: Auld Lang Syne Group
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED FILES (TINGLEY).
  • Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 76, PL. I, 2.
  • Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., & TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105. P. 183.
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