Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum, Beryllium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Ore controlIntrusive Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsBeryl, Molybdenite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockDiorite
StructureMany Small Faults Displace Ore Shoots
AlterationSkarn-Silication
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104031
MRDS IDM233460
Alternate namesStar Tungsten, Ogilvie, Harrison Pass
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31075, -115.47672
References
SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56GRANGER, A.E., ETAL, (1957) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, NBM BULL 549JOHNSON, A.C., AND BENSON, W.T., 19638 TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF NEVADA, US BUR. OF MINES UNPUB.SCHILLING, J.H., 1968, MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES OF NEVADA, NBMG, UNPUBLISHED, OPEN REPORTNBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)