Mine detail: Geyser Ranch & Mill Site

Previously called 'Geyser MineGz Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.67134, -114.70502

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tungsten, Silver
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Ore:	Fluorite, Silver, Wolframite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Prospect Mountain Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Tectonic:	Basin Range Province
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	M233823
DEP	10045926
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 73, 187P}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECK BY SMITH/BENTZ, NBMG, 1981}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., 1983, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.}
Reporter	Molinari, Mark P. (Tingley, J.V.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)