Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondarySilver
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR, ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT
Ore control3 Tactite Zones Near Granodiorite Contact Pre-Stock, Ne-Trending Structure May Have Influenced Emplacement And Guided Mineralizing Fluids Of Reactive Limestones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueGarnet, Pyroxene, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Preble Formation;Preble Formation;Riley Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Osgood Mtns Stock
StructureReg.Struct: Getchell Fault System, Fault Along Range-Front; Ne-Trending Offset Fault
AlterationSilicification, Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1951
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10104002
MRDS IDM232751
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.19433, -117.25568
References
WILLDEN,R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUAD. HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.TINGLEY, J.V., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GETCHELL TUNGSTEN PROJECT, ON FILE AT THE NEV. BUREAU OF MINESSTAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.TINGLEY, J. V., NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 6 SEP 84.SCHILLING, JOHN, 1979, NBMG OFR 79-3, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA.STAGER, IN PREP