Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlIgneous Contact; Fracturing
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockSiltstone · Hark Less Formation;Campeto;Poleta
Associated rockGranite
StructureE-W Trending Anticline?
AlterationSilication,Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10047192
MRDS IDM242452
Alternate namesBlack Horse Mine, NBMG Sample Site 1074
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.0266, -118.17038
References
ALBERS,J.P., AND STEWART,J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OFESMERALDA COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL 78.SCHILLING,J.H.,1964,TUNGSTEN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURSES OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL 65, P. 155-161SMITH,1982,FIELD EXAMINATIONALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H. (1972), P.59