Mine detail: Schwartz Canyon Deposits

Previously called 'Schwartz TunnelSwartzAd ClaimJerry ClaimRobertson ClaimMDM ClaimCinch & Pip MinesSilver Lode'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.62467, -114.72946

Resource(B)

Primary: Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Scheelite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Wollastonite, Tremolite, Mica, Chlorite
Orebody form: irregular; pinch and swell; pods
Discovery year: 1869

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: replacement; vein stockwork
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Prospect Mountain Quartzite, Pioche Shale
Host type:Quartzite,Limestone,Shale
Associated type:Monzonite,Diorite
Structure:The rocks in the mine area have been cut by a N-S- trending normal fault with the west side downthrown.
Alteration processes:Alteration consists of silication, marbelization, and chloritization.

References

MRDSM233811
DEP10310372
Reference{Deposit:: Hill, J.M., 1916, Notes on some Mining Districts in Eastern Nevada: USGS Bull 648, 214p.}{Deposit:: Tschanz, C.M. and Pampeyan, E.H., 1970, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Lincoln County, Nevada: NBMG Bull 73, 187p.}{Deposit:: Field Check by Smith/Bentz/Tingley, NBMG, 1981}{Deposit:: Stager, H. K., 1983, Unpublished Manuscript on Tungsten in Nevada.}{Deposit:: Schrader, F. C., 1931, NBMG Bull 10 (UNR Bull Vol 25, No. 3.}{Deposit:: Papke, K. G., 1979, NBMG Bull 93, p. 70.}{Deposit:: Schrader, F. C., 1931, Notes on ore deposits at Cave Valley, Patterson District, Lincoln County, Nevada; University of Nevada Bulletin: Geology and Mining Series, vol.25, no.3, 16 pp.}{Deposit:: Van Loenen, R.E., Blank, H.R., Jr., Barton, H., and Chatman, M.L., 1987, Mineral resources of the Mount Grafton Wilderness Study Area, Lincoln and White Pine Counties, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1728-F, 24 p.}{Deposit:: Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.}{Deposit:: Lexam Explorations Inc. news release, 2/19/96.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI-1996.}{Deposit:: NBMG Mining District file # several items.}
ReporterLaPointe, D.D., Schruben, Paul G.