Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlNext To Dikes, But Not In Them, Tactite Bodies.
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Limestone
Associated rockDiorite,Andesite
StructureBasin And Range Fault Block, Faults, Stock And Dike Intrusions., Stank Fault Strikes N-S For 1.5 Miles. Strata West Side Of Fault Dips East, East Side Of Fault Dips 70 West. Strata Strikes N20e. Post-Mineral Faults Also Present.
AlterationSilicification, Albitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10042502
MRDS IDM060313
Alternate namesHumbolt-Springer, Humbolt Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.78156, -118.1332
References
KERR, P.F., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR MILL CITY, NEVADA, U. OF NEV. BULL., VOL 88, NO. 2