Mine detail: Tungsten Mountain Mine

Previously called 'Hilltop Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.66658, -117.75095

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1954
Last production ended:	1980

Geology

Host rock:	Star Peak Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Silication

References

MRDS	W016390
DEP	10072142
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83}{Production:: WILLDEN & SPEED (1974): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981).}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.