Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR TO PIPELIKE
Ore controlFaults, Brecciation
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Wheeler Limestone (Combined Metals Member)
Associated rockDiorite,Granite
StructureN-Ne Trending Steeply Dipping Faults
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10037301
MRDS IDM031267
Alternate namesPony Express
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.05994, -114.42141
References
HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL. 85STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; IN PREPARATION.USBM, 1963, UNPUB. DATA, NBMG FILE 335 ITEM 10.USBM, 19838 MILS DATATERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA, PREPARED FOR BLM.STAGER, H.K., IN PREP.