Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc
TertiaryBismuth
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlIgneous Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Iron, Nontronite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale,Carbonate,Limestone
Associated rockGranite
StructureIntersecting High-And Low-Angle Faults Striking Nw And Sw, Exposed On Face Of The Open Pit; Shearing Parallel To Bedding
AlterationArgillic, Bleaching, Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10046523
MRDS IDM241695
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 1452, 1454., 1453
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.63079, -115.62893
References
SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, OCT. 3, 1983.TSCHANZ, E.H. AND PAMPEYAN, C.M., 1970, NBMG BULL. 73.