Nevada · Pershing County
Past Producer
Esther Mine
Pershing County, Nevada, United States
Tungsten
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Tungsten
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
42: W skarn
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue
Epidote, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock
Diorite
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1943
Discovery year
1943
Identification
Deposit ID
10042473
MRDS ID
M060277
Alternate names
Black Rock Mine
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
40.38628, -118.55126
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89JOHNSON AND BENSON, 1963, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN NEVADA; USBMJOHNSON, 1977