Commodities
PrimaryTin, Copper
TertiaryMolybdenum, Arsenic, Lead, Uranium, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model50: Climax Mo
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite
GangueFluorite, Iron, Pyrite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
StructureMajuba Fault
AlterationTourmalinization, Sericitization, Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1914
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10042468
MRDS IDM060272
Alternate namesTin Mine, NBMG Sample Sites 2844, 2846
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates40.68322, -118.53432
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89TRITES, A.F., JR., AND THURSTON, R.H., 1958, GEOLOGY OF MAJUBA HILL, PERSHING CO., NEV: USGS BULL. 1046-I P. 183 -203.STEVENS, D.L., 1971, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTELOPE (MAJUBA HILL) MINING DISTRICT, PERSHING CO., NEVADA: MS THESIS, UNIV. OF NEV, RENO.SMITH, W.C. AND GIANELLA, V.P., 1942, THE TIN DEPOSIT OF MAJUBA HILL, PERSHING COUNTY, NEV: USGS BULL. 931-C, P. 39VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; US. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6902.SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961, V.1: SAN FRANCISCO, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., P. 14.MACKENZIE AND BOOKSTROM, 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE MAJUBA HILL AREA, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 86.SCHILLING, 1962, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 2QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9/14/84.GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 95-96.MACKENZIE AND BOOKSTROM, 1976; JOHNSON, 1977JOHNSON, 1977.