Description
Alex Ranson & Associates
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryGold, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Copper, Arsenic, Manganese, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSlate,Argillite,Limestone · Auld Lang Syne Group
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10042419
MRDS IDM060208
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.01406, -119.22961
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 89SMITH, W.C. & GUILD, P.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE NIGHTINGALE DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS BULL. 936-BHESS AND LARSEN, 1921, CONTACT-METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U S., USGS BULL. 725-D, P. 2827KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA MEMOIR 15VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY; USBM 1C 6902SCHILLING, J.,1962, NBM REPORT 2, P. 38.SCHILLING, J.,1979, NBMG OFR 79-3, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA, P. 168.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTENDEPOSITS OF NEVADASTAGER, H. K. (IN PREPARATION)