Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryIron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formTABULAR, ALONG CONTACT
Ore controlTactite Bodiesat Limestone/Granodiorite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Pyroxene, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Preble Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Osgood Mtns. Stock
StructureFolding
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10045093
MRDS IDM232755
Alternate namesSw Part of Granite Creek Mine Area
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.13656, -117.2804
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 CLABOUGH, S.E., 1946, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD RANGE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA UNIV. NEV. BULL, VOL. 40, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 44.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADANBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.HOTZ, P.E. & WILLDEN, R., 1964