Description
John B. Blossom, Battle Moutain
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlBedding Planes; Near Contact Of Granodiorite Pluton
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Pumpernickel;;
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationSilicification Of Limestone.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1941
Last production1954
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10008817
MRDS IDD001234
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.43907, -117.47262
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89, P. 95-96.STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105., P. 194.LEMMON, D. L. AND TWETO, O. L., 1962, TUNGSTEN: USGS MAP MR-25, P. 14.LEMMON, D. M., UNPUBLISHED DATA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.JOHNSON, A.C. AND BENSON, W.T., 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM OPEN FILE REPORT 85-3STAGER AND TINGLEY (1988)