Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Tungsten
SecondarySilver, Gold, Copper
TertiaryManganese, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Ore controlFault Zone, Brecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrolusite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Shale
StructureHighland Thrust Plate, Homoclinal Series, N Strike, E Dip
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1924
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10072156
MRDS IDW016457
Alternate namesPart of Comet Coalition Mines, Probably Includes the Tungsten Comet and Silver Comet Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.89052, -114.61334
References
TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO; NEV BUR MINES BULL 73WESTGATE LG & KNOPF A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEV. USGS PROF PAPER 171LEMMON DM, UNPUBLISHED DATALEMMON DM & TWETO O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, ITEM 3, UNPUBLISHED PRELIMINARY EXAMINTION REPORT.BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG 26, 1983.TRENGOVE, R. R., 1949, USBM R.I. 4541, P. 1-6.LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEWSLETTER PUB. CO, RENO, NV.WEED, W.H., EDITOR, 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1330, 1362.NBMG DISTRICT FILE 166, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1924, 1925,1927.11) NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1914, 1916, 1920.TSCHANTZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970; WESTGATE & KNOPF, 1932