Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryGold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlTactite Zone Formed At Contact Of Igneous And Sedimentary Rocks.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockHornfels,Slate,Phyllite,Skarn (Tactite),Dolomite · Auld Lang Syne Group;Nightingale Batholith
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Mafic Intrusive Rock,Diorite,Gabbro,Pegmatite
StructureFaults Which Border Tactite Bodies
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10111468
MRDS IDM242693
Alternate namesStoddard., White Blow Out, White CapsWhite Cap, Calalta, NBMG Sample Sites 2888, 2889, 2892, 2893, Digger Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.93739, -119.28017
References
QUADE, JACK, 28 FEB 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NV, NBMG BULL 70, P. 71-72.NBMG STAFF, NBMG OFR 85-3.STAGER, H.K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN IN NEVADA.