Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlIgneous Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock · Auld Lang Syne Group
Associated rockDiorite
StructurePost Mineral Faults
AlterationSilication And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1918
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10042417
MRDS IDM060205
Alternate namesCowles, Western Soldier, Wizard Group, Cameron Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 2896 and 2897, Buster
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.03489, -119.26489
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA: USBM REPORTHESS AND LARSEN, 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725-DKERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STTATES: GSA MEMOIR 15VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY; USBM 1C 6902.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.QUADE, JACK, 1 MAR 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.