Location: | Pershing County, Nevada, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 40.78156, -118.1332 |
dep_id: | 10042502 |
mrds_id: | M060313 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Tungsten |
Trace mineral: | Silver, Gold |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Producer |
ore: | Scheelite |
gangue: | Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz |
model: | 42: W skarn |
alteration: | Silicification, Albitization |
conc_proc: | End Stage Solutions Followed Dike |
ore_ctrl: | Next To Dikes, But Not In Them, Tactite Bodies. |
Reporter: | Johnson, M |
hrock_type: | Hornfels,Limestone |
arock_type: | Diorite,Andesite |
Structure: | Basin And Range Fault Block, Faults, Stock And Dike Intrusions., Stank Fault Strikes N-S For 1.5 Miles. Strata West Side Of Fault Dips East, East Side Of Fault Dips 70 West. Strata Strikes N20e. Post-Mineral Faults Also Present. |
References: |
- KERR, P.F., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA, U. OF NEV. BULL., VOL 88, NO. 2
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