Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFaults
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite, Scheelite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Garnet, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Excelsior;
Associated rockAndesite · Excelsior;Excelsior;Excelsior;Excelsior
StructureGranite Intrusion
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1930
Identification
Deposit ID10008845
MRDS IDD001297
Alternate namesLeonard Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.0143, -118.3228
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58JOHNSON & BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN NEVADA; USBMVANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM 1C 6941, P. 63STOPPER, ROBERT & KRAUSKOPF, K.B., JUNE 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR RAWHIDE, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT.U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1945, WAR MINERALS REPORT 362: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.1943 DIREXPL USBJOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963