Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryIron, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model74: Replacement Mn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBedding Planes
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Wad
GangueCalcite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Pioche Shale;Lyndon Limestone
Associated rockDiabase
StructureHighland Thrust Plate, Fracturing
AlterationStrong Hydrothermal Alteration; Chloritization.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10037335
MRDS IDM032011
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Location 796, 797, Nevada-Utah
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.8769, -114.40639
References
TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE UNIV OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 22, 1983USGS MAP MF-136USGS PP 469WEED, W. H., ED., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIII, P. 1122-1123.USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.TSCHANTZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970