Mine detail: Granite Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.13767, -117.27596

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Pyrite, Scheelite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR CONTACT ZONE
Discovery year: 1942

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host rock:Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Preble Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Osgood Mtns. Stock
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Folds, Faults
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDSM232739
DEP10045079
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MTNS. QUAD, HUMBOLDT CO. NEV U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.}{Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA, UNIV. NEV. BULL. V. 40, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SER. NO. 44.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}
ReporterUnknownunknown, La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)