Mine detail: Schofield Mine

Previously called 'North Tem PiuteY-Z ClaimsNBMG Sample Sites 1455, 1456.Phylis, Rae Ella, Rae Ella Nos 2 and 3 Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.63218, -115.62393

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1928

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1938

Geology

Host rock:	Pilot;Pilot;Pilot;
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Faults, Folds
Alteration processes:	Silication

References

MRDS	D001178
DEP	10107653
Reference	{Deposit:: TSCHANTZ, CM AND PAMPEYAN, EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73}{Deposit:: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, ITEM 4, 1963.}{Deposit:: KENNEDY, F.A., 1941, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, ITEM 9.}{Deposit:: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, PRESS CLIPPINGS.}{Deposit:: WYANT, AND LEMMON, USGS OFR}{Deposit:: KENNEDY, F.A., 1941, LETTER TO F.A. BRENDEL, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 216, ITEM 1.}{Deposit:: SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORTS, OCT 4, 1983.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1950, RI 4626}{Deposit:: STAGER, H.K., TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL IN PREP.}{Reserve-Resource:: LEMMON, P.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA}
Reporter	Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Mosier, Dan