Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Beryllium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz
Other materialsChalcopyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10088843
MRDS IDM060241
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 2997
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.04211, -118.80849
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; USBM IC 6902HESS & LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725-DKERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES; GSA MEMOIR 15 WARNER, ET.AL., 1959, OCCURRENCE OF NONPEGMATITE BERYLLIUM IN THE UNITED STATES; USGS PP 318.TINGLEY, J. V., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.