Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryBeryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Antimony
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlWhere Pegmatite Dikes Cross Hornfels/Limestone Contact, Pegmatite Dikes Themselves
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Fluorite, Scheelite
GangueAlbite, Oligoclase, Phlogopite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Limestone · Prida Limestone
Associated rockDiorite,Pegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1934
Identification
Deposit ID10047424
MRDS IDM242724
Alternate namesLittle Tungsten Mine, Marker George, Jack of Clubs, Gordon Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2663 Merged Data From Record M234138 Which Had No, Site Name
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.40156, -118.2582
References
STAGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, J.V.,1988 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 105. PP.190-191.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.KERR, P.F., 1938, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT OREANA, NEVADA; ECON GEOL, VOL. 33, P. 390-427.KERR, P.F., 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES; GSA MEMOIR 15.LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61.JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89.WARNER, ET AL., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES; USGS PP. 318.OLSON, J.C. AND HINRICHS, E.N., 1960, USGS BULL 1082-D, P. 135.PAPKE, K.G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93, P. 72.STAGER,H.K. AND TINGLEY, J.V.,1988 TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 105 PP. 190-191