Description
E.L. Robertson
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Zinc
TertiaryTungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSE
Ore controlN50w Fault, N30-65e Fracturing, And Faulting Along Contact Of Shale & Quartzite
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper
GangueFluorite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale,Limestone · Pioche Shale
StructureN50w Fault Vertical Dip
Tectonic settingBasin And Range Province
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10045923
MRDS IDM233818
Alternate namesRobertson, Mdm Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 098, 099
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.61273, -114.73779
References
HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA: USGS BULLETIN 648, 214P.TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 73, 187P.FIELD CHECK BY J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, 1981