Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT
Ore controlTactite At Granodiorite/Limestone Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMeta-Argillite,Limestone · Preble Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Osgood Mtns. Stock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1955
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10045083
MRDS IDM232742
Alternate namesMarkus Mine, Harden's Lease
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.15572, -117.29957
References
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59.HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD/MOUNTAINS QUADRNAGLE HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.HOBBS, S.W. AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV. UNIV. NEV. BULL. 40, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 44.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 136, ITEM 20, 1963, USBM UNPUBLISHED DATA