Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Tungsten
SecondaryGold, Silver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFissure, E Trending, Dips 45 Deg Sbedding Plane Fault Strikes N And Dips 20w.
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla, Copper, Malachite, Scheelite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Iron, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockLimestone
StructureFault
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10037243
MRDS IDM031203
Alternate namesDefiance Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.60632, -114.5678
References
HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, US GEO. BULL. 648HOSE R. K., BLAKE M. C., AND SMITH R., 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 85STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.USBM, 1983 MILS DATA.