Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum, Copper, Silver, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlTactite Near Granodiorite/Sedimentary Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Copper, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Pyroxene, Quartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Limestone · Preble Formation;Preble Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Osgood Mtns. Stock
StructureGetchell Fault, Faults Trending Ssw, Dipping Steeply East Cut And May Offset Tactite Bodies.
AlterationNontronite From Alteration Of Tactite In Shear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10045097
MRDS IDM232759
Alternate namesSaunders Property & Toby Claim, Mountain View, Harold's Club
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.151, -117.26124
References
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE 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 COUNTY, NEVADA UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 40, NO. 5; GEOL & MIN. SERIES NO. 44.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.NBMG DISTRICT FILE 136, ITEM 22, 1963, USBM DATA.SCHILLING, JOHN, 1979, NBMG OFR 79-3, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.HOTZ, P.E. & WILLDEN, R., 1964; STAGER, IN PREPARATION.