Mine detail: Victory Tungsten Mine

Previously called 'Victory Nos. 1-6 Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.97548, -117.91567

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum, Beryllium
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Andalusite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphene
Discovery year:	1945

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Limestone
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Shear Zone (N 40 W, 50-70 Sw), Joints (N 50 W, 90)Dougan Thrust Fault; 2 E-W Faults
Alteration processes:	The Granodiorite Is Feldspathized And Contact Metamorphosed.Silicification

References

MRDS	M231647
DEP	10044264
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 71.}{Deposit:: HUMPHREY, F.L. AND WYATT, M., 1958, SCHEELITE IN FELDSPATHIZED GRANODIORITE AT THE VICTORY MINE: ECON. GEOL., V. 53, P. 38-64.}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 97-98.}{Deposit:: VITALIANO, C.J., ERICKSON, C.J., AND CALLAGHAN, E., 1952, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VICTORY TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT: USGS OPEN-FILE MAP.}{Production:: NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.)