Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlIgneous Contact And Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Scheelite
GangueGarnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Auld Lang Syne
Associated rockDiorite
StructureShear Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1938
Last production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10047399
MRDS IDM242692
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Sites 2894 and 2895, Redbird, Garfield Force, Highgrade, Blue Jay
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.99156, -119.201
References
SMITH, W.C. AND GUILD, P.W., 1942, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE NIGHTINGALE DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL 936-B, P. 53-54.QUADE, J., 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILE.BONHAM, H.F. JR. & PAPKE, K.L., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES NEVADA: NBMG BULL 70, P. 72.STAFF, 1985, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE PARADISE-DENIO AND SONOMA-GERLACH RESOURCE AREAS, WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT, NEVADA: NBMG OFR 85-3.STAGER, H.K. & TINGLEY, J.V., 1988, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105, P. 201.SMITH & GUILD (1942); STAGER & TINGLEY (1988)BONMAN (1969), P. 72.