Mine detail: Schwartz Tunnel

Previously called 'SwartzNBMG Sample Sites 807, 808, 809Ad, Mdm Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.62467, -114.72946

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Pioche Shale;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Limestone
Structure:	N-S Trending Normal Fault West Side Down Thrown
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Province

References

MRDS	M233811
DEP	10045918
Reference	{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL 648, 214P}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 73, 187P}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECK BY SMITH/BENTZ/TINGLEY, NBMG, 1981}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., 1983, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F. C., 1931, NBMG BULL 10 (UNR BULL VOL 25, NO. 3.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K. G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93, P. 70.}
Reporter	Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)