Mine detail: Unnamed Tungsten Prospects

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Location: Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.56211, -118.95433
dep_id: 10042426
mrds_id: M060218
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Quartz
model: 42: W skarn
conc_proc: Contact Metamorphism
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Royse, Sue E.
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: HESS AND LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725 D, P. 293
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89
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