Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Iron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlTactite Near Granodiorite Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockMeta-Argillite
Associated rockDiorite · Osgood Mtns. Stock
AlterationBleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1954
Identification
Deposit ID10111451
MRDS IDM232753
Alternate namesMountain Queen Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.21767, -117.27207
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 QUADRANGLE HUMBLODT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION (1986), NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADANBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3