Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlIntrusive Contact, Fault-Fracture
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Quartzite,Metavolcanic Rock,Limestone
Associated rockDiorite,Andesite,Granite
Tectonic settingSeveral Fault Systems Cutting Metamorphic Rock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsACTIVE IN EARLY 1940'S
Identification
Deposit ID10043888
MRDS IDM231182
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site #4291, B. H. and V. Mine, Rainbow Group, Churchill Butte Mine, Ruth No.1 Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.3274, -119.28293
References
JOHNSON, A.C., AND BENSON, W.T., TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA, 1963, U.S.B.M., UNPUBLISHED REPORT FROM NBMG FILESMOORE, JAMES, G., GEOL. & MIN. DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS, AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEVADA (1969) NBMG BULL. 75.STAGER,H.K. & TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P.111.QUADE, JACK, NBMG SAMPLE SITE# 4291 VISIT, JULY 6, 1989.STAGER & TINGLEY, 1988.