Mine detail: Gunmetal Mine

Previously called 'LinsaySommerfieldSilver Tungsten King'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38715, -117.889

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Cinnabat Canyon Fault And Los Steers Fault
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M233040
DEP	10045334
Reference	{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL, 58.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937. RECONNA ISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. FIRE 6941, 79P.}{Deposit:: NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K., (IN PREP. JAN 1984)}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.), Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.)