Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlTactite At Limestone/Granodiorite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Limestone · Preble Formation;Preble Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Osgood Mtns. Stock
StructureN-S Trending Fault, Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1952
Identification
Deposit ID10045087
MRDS IDM232747
Alternate namesPacific Tunnel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.14656, -117.26068
References
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.HOBBS, S.W., AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 194L, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV. U. NEV. BULL, VOL. 40, NO. 5, GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 44.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964; STAGER, IN PREP.