Description
Fred Nagle, Lovelock
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryBeryllium
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite, Mica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model46: W veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOCKETS, STRINGERS
Ore controlJoints In Limestone, Pegmatite Stringers
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Gold, Scheelite
GangueChlorite, Diopside, Fluorite, Mica, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockLimestone
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1932
Identification
Deposit ID10008814
MRDS IDD001231
Alternate namesHumboldt Canyon Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2509.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.57933, -118.19737
References
BONHAM (1984)JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 61.JOHNSON, A.C. AND BENSON, W.T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM OPEN FILE REPORT 85-3.OLSON, J.C. AND HINRICHS, E.N. 1960, BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITES IN RUBY MTNS AND OTHER AREAS IN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA; USGS BULL. 1082-DLEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATALEMMON, D. M. AND TWETO, D. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U. S.: USGS MINERAL RESOURCES MAP MR-25.STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 163-164.BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1984, LAKEVIEW MINE-FIELD INVESTIGATION AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS, PERSHING COUNTY, IMLAY DISTRICT: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.STAGER AND TINGLEY