Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR SHOOTS AND PODS
Ore controlDisseminated Scheelite Occurs Within Tabular Stringers In Concentric Replacement Qtz. Veins Which Occur As Repeated Fracture Fillings Within Old Fault Breccia Consisting Of Angular Blocks Of Diorite
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueMagnetite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockDiorite
StructureNumerous Ne Trending Faults Truncate Vein System In Many Places. Cross Faulting Related To Ore Control
AlterationHydrothermal, Hypogene Kaolinization, Albitization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10008798
MRDS IDD001200
Alternate namesTungsten Dike, Examiner
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.3166, -118.20095
References
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.KERR, 1936, THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT SILVER DYKE, NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 5.RONNIE, C. C., 1954 , REPORT ON THE SILVER DYKE MINE, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE, UNPUB. REPORT.1936 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN VOL. 30 , NO.KLEPPER, 1943 , UNPUBL. USGS REPORT