Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum, Antimony, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Model46: W veins
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formstockwork
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Tetrahedrite, Fluorite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Epidote, Garnet, Muscovite, Opal, Orthoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Tremolite, Apatite, Montmorillonite, Perovskite, Topaz
Other materialsArgentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Goethite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockGranite,Sandstone · Indian Springs Stock
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10174157
MRDS IDD002193
Alternate namesGamble Ranch
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.6246, -114.2468
References
Stager, H.K., and Tingley, J.V., 1988, Tungsten deposits of Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 105, 256 p.GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F. LEE. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1957, 190 p.HOPE, R. A., AND R. R. COATS. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP 76-779, 6 SHEETS, 1976, SCALE 1:100,000.OLSEN, D. R. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE DELNO MINING DISTRICT AND VICINITY, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D. DISS., UNIV. UT, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 1960, 96 PP.SLACK, J. STRUCTURE, PETROLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN SPRINGS (DELANO MOUNTAINS) REGION, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, MIAMI UNIV., OXFORD, OH, 1972, 159 P.SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. FIRMS DEVELOPING A LARGE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. V. 171, NUMBER 12, 1970, P. 96.