Mine detail: NBMG Sample Site 2611

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.19433, -117.25568

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Garnet, Pyroxene, Wollastonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Riley Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Osgood Mtns Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Getchell Fault System, Fault Along Range-Front; Ne-Trending Offset Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Bleaching

References

MRDS	M232751
DEP	10104002
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN,R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.}{Deposit:: HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUAD. HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GETCHELL TUNGSTEN PROJECT, ON FILE AT THE NEV. BUREAU OF MINES}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 6 SEP 84.}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, JOHN, 1979, NBMG OFR 79-3, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA.}{Reserve-Resource:: STAGER, IN PREP}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D., La Pointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)