Nevada · Pershing County
Past Producer

Humboldt-Springer

Pershing County, Nevada, United States
TungstenMolybdenumManganeseVanadiumCopperZincSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum
TertiaryManganese, Vanadium, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlLimestone Bed Near Granodiorite Stock.
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Scheelite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Lower Raspberry Formation
Associated rockDiorite,Hornfels · Lower Raspberry Formation;Olsen Stock
StructureStank Fault, Numerous Cross Faults (Pre-Mineral And Post Mineral)
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID10111438
MRDS IDM231459
Alternate namesNBMG Sample Site 2657, Friedman, Constantine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.78545, -118.13931
References
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 21KERR, 1946, TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: GSA GSA MEMOIR 15STAGER, H. K., IN PREP, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSIS OF NEVADA.