Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum
TertiaryCopper, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Of Granodiorite With Calcareous Sediments
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Pyroxene, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Preble
Associated rockDiorite · Osgood Mountains Stock
StructureReg.Struct: Getchell Fault, Folds, N-Trending Faults
AlterationSilication; Silicification; Bleaching And Marbleization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104129
MRDS IDM242706
Alternate namesMoly Mine, Tonopah Tunnel, Jacks, NBMG Sample Site 2612
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.21128, -117.2579
References
STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, 1986, NBMG BULL ON TUNGS TEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.TINGLEY, J.V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.TINGLEY, J.V., 1978, UNPUB. REPORT ON THE GETCHELL TUNGSTEN AREA, ON FILE AT NBMG.SCHILLING, JOHN, 1979, NBMG OFR 79-3 ON MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA.WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, USGS P.P. 431.HOBBS, S.W. AND CLABAUGH, S.E., 1946, NBMG BULL 44.HESS, F.L. AND LARSEN, E.S., 1921, USGS BULL 725-D.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.STAGER, H.K., (IN PREP. 1986); SCHILLING, 1979.NBMG FILES