Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlNear Granitic Bodies Contact With Luning Formation
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueEpidote, Garnet
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Luning Formation
Associated rockDiorite
StructureCinnabat Canyon Fault And Los Steers Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10045334
MRDS IDM233040
Alternate namesLinsay, Sommerfield, Silver Tungsten King
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.38715, -117.889
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL, 58.VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937. RECONNA ISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. FIRE 6941, 79P.NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K., (IN PREP. JAN 1984)