Mine detail: Marcus Mine

Previously called 'Markus MineHarde* Lease'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.15572, -117.29957

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Preble Formation
Host type:Meta-Argillite,Limestone
Associated rock:Osgood Mtns. Stock
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM232742
DEP10045083
Reference{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.}{Deposit:: HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD/MOUNTAINS QUADRNAGLE 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., NEV. UNIV. NEV. BULL. 40, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 44.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 136, ITEM 20, 1963, USBM UNPUBLISHED DATA}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)