Description
Schofield Brothers Of Hiko
Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlTactite Zone Along Igneous Contact With Limestone; Minor Joints, Fractures, And Faults Of Small Displacement Are Mineralized.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Pilot;Pilot;Pilot;
StructureFaults, Folds
AlterationSilication
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1938
Discovery year1928
Identification
Deposit ID10107653
MRDS IDD001178
Alternate namesNorth Tem Piute, Y-Z Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 1455, 1456., Phylis, Rae Ella, Rae Ella Nos 2 and 3 Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.63218, -115.62393
References
TSCHANTZ, CM AND PAMPEYAN, EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, ITEM 4, 1963.KENNEDY, F.A., 1941, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, ITEM 9.NBMG DISTRICT FILE 176, PRESS CLIPPINGS.WYANT, AND LEMMON, USGS OFRKENNEDY, F.A., 1941, LETTER TO F.A. BRENDEL, NBMG DISTRICT FILE 216, ITEM 1.SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORTS, OCT 4, 1983.USBM, 1950, RI 4626STAGER, H.K., TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL IN PREP.LEMMON, P.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA