Mine detail: Sage Hen Mine

Previously called 'Newlite #5Lava Beds'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.53656, -118.981

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Gold
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M242822
DEP	10047467
Reference	{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, OFR 85-3.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.}{Deposit:: HESS, F. L. AND LARSON, E. S., 1922, USGS BULL 725-D.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)