Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlGranodiorite/Sedimentary Contact; Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Limestone · Preble Formation
Associated rockDiorite
StructureGetchell Fault, Shear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1943
Identification
Deposit ID10037015
MRDS IDM030029
Alternate namesChase Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.20322, -117.26624
References
HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; UNIV. NEV BULL VOL 40, NO. 5; GEOL. 8 MIN. SER. NO. 44SCHILLING; 1962 ; MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NEV. BUR. OF MINES, REPORT 2STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.HOBBS, S.W. & CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946.