Mine detail: T.N.T. Mine

Previously called 'Mountain Queen Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.21767, -117.27207

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Iron, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Meta-Argillite
Associated rock:Osgood Mtns. Stock
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Bleaching

References

MRDSM232753
DEP10111451
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 QUADRANGLE HUMBLODT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.}{Deposit:: STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION (1986), NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)