Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryLead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlScheelite Occurs In Tactite Irregularly Developed In A Fairly Continuous Band Of Limestone 25 To 75 Feet Wide
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1941
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10008832
MRDS IDD001272
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.63324, -119.16765
References
MOORE, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, & ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 75JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN NEVADA; USBMSTODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY & LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49