Nevada · Churchill County
Past Producer
Tungsten Mountain Mine
Churchill County, Nevada, United States
Gold
Silver
Tungsten
Arsenic
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Commodities
Primary
Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Tertiary
Arsenic
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Contact Metamorphic
Model
42: W skarn
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Igneous Contact With Sedimentary Rock
Materials
Ore minerals
Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue
Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Quartzite · Star Peak Formation
Associated rock
Diorite
Alteration
Silication
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1954
Last production
1980
Discovery year
1954
Identification
Deposit ID
10072142
MRDS ID
W016390
Alternate names
Hilltop Mine
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
39.66658, -117.75095
References
WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 83WILLDEN & SPEED (1974): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981).