Ore controlBelieved That Cassiterite-Bearing Incrustations Were Deposited Along The Walls Of Fumaroliz Vents. Evidence Cited Includes The Discontinuity And Extreme Irregularity In Attitude Of The Individual Fissures, The Abscence Of Brecciation & Faulting, The Similar Mineralogy Of Vesicle Fillings In The Host Rock And The Veinlets, And The Lack Of Other Sulfides.
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite
GangueFluorite, Sanidine, Tridymite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
AlterationThe Tin-Bearing Belt Is Marked By Red-Staining Or Bleached Silicitied Rhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10044841
MRDS IDM232455
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.96546, -116.86122
References
VANDERBERG W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO NEV., USBM I.C. 7043FRIES, C. (1941) TIN DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN LANDER CO. NEVADA., USGS BULL 931-L