Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Copper, Silver, Zinc
SecondaryFluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Pioche Shale;Prospect Mountain Quartzite
StructureN-S Trending Normal Fault West Side Down Thrown
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Province
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10045918
MRDS IDM233811
Alternate namesSwartz, NBMG Sample Sites 807, 808, 809, Ad, Mdm Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.62467, -114.72946
References
HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA: USGS BULL 648, 214PTSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 73, 187PFIELD CHECK BY SMITH/BENTZ/TINGLEY, NBMG, 1981STAGER, H. K., 1983, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.SCHRADER, F. C., 1931, NBMG BULL 10 (UNR BULL VOL 25, NO. 3.PAPKE, K. G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93, P. 70.