Mine detail: Cucomungo Deposit

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Location: Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.35273, -117.6312
dep_id: 10044610
mrds_id: M232140
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Ferrimolybdite, Ilsemannite, Molybdenite
orebody_fm: FLAKES, ROSETTES
alteration: The Rocks In The Altered Zone Is Silicified, Sericitized, And Argillized.
ore_ctrl: Along A Northwest - Trending Altered Zone.
Reporter: Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
References:
  • ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 59
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