Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
TertiaryMolybdenum, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
Geology
Host rockSkarn (Tactite),Limestone · Ninemile Formation Of The Pogonip Group
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10098359
MRDS IDM030037
Alternate namesTamney Tungsten Property
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.23552, -116.05337
References
SCHALLER; 1911 ; MINERALOGICAL NOTES; USGS BULL. 490IZETT, G.A., 1960, "GRANITE" EXPLORATION HOLE, AREA 15, NEVADA TEST SITE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA-ITERIM REPORT, PART C, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: USGS TEM-836C.BARNES, HARLEY, HOUSER, F.N., AND POOLE, F.G., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OAK SPRING QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-214.HOUSER, F.N., AND POOLE, F.G., 1960, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLIMAX STOCK AND VICINITY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA:USGS MAP I-328.5) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 139-140.