Nevada · Nye County
Occurrence

Haywire Prospect

Nye County, Nevada, United States
Tungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite,Limestone · Crane Canyon Sequence
AlterationLocal Bleaching Of Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10095711
MRDS IDM233598
Alternate namesOld Mule
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates39.15964, -117.2451
References
KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL. IN PRESS.BENTZ, J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 02 OCTOBER 1981.NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)