Nevada · Pershing County
Occurrence

Arcturus Mine

Pershing County, Nevada, United States
TungstenMolybdenumManganese
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Description

T. S. Dalton, Jack Dalton And John Durkin Of Gerlach

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryMolybdenum, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model42: W skarn
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlContact Zone Of Metasediments With Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hedenbergite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock,Phyllite,Schist
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10111471
MRDS IDM242841
Alternate namesArcturus, NBMG Sample Site 2926
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.70655, -119.23018
References
QUADE, JACK, 5 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.LEMMON, D. M., TWETO, O. C., 1962, USGS MR-25, P. 14. #5. STAGER, H. K. AND TINGLEY, J. V., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULLETIN ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA .