Mine detail: Marvelous Prospect

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.00072, -119.22211
dep_id: 10042421
mrds_id: M060210
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Scheelite
model: 42: W skarn
ore_ctrl: Igneous Contact
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Humphries, S. E. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Auld Lang Syne Group
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 76, PL. 1, 2.
  • Deposit:: QUADE, J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION AND PHOTOS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT (TINGLEY).
  • Deposit:: STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.
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