Commodities
PrimaryGold, Tungsten
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typetactite; tungsten gold skarn
Model42: W skarn273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formtabular to irregular
Ore controlContact zones between stocks and sedimentary rocks.
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Scheelite, Epidote, Quartz, Sphalerite, Pyroxene, Sericite, Clay, Molybdenite
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockShale,Quartzite · Auld Lang Syne Group
Associated rockAplite
AlterationThe intrusions often exhibit sericite-clay type alteration. A moderately sized stock, immediately southwest of the Danner Mines, exhibits a fresh granodiorite basal exposure and grades upwards into a quartz-rich, pervasively sericitized leucogranite cupola.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1917-1950; 1960s-1970s
First production1917
Last production1950
Identification
Deposit ID10310574
MRDS IDM060312
Alternate namesDanner Mines, Red Hawk Mine, Ben H. Jackson Mine (earlier tungsten properties)
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.81683, -118.16848
References
Johnson, M.G., 1977, Geology and Mineral Deposits of Pershing County, Nevada: NBMG Bull. 89Johnson and Benson, 1963, Tungsten Resources of Nevada: USBMKlepper, M.R., 1943, unpublished reportStager, H. K. and Tingley, 1988, Tungsten Deposits in Nevada, NBMG Bull. 105.Gardiner and Giancola, 1991.Giancola, 1995, 1996Tingley, 1998United States Bureau of Land Management, 1975c, 1999aUnited States Geological Survey, 1982.Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.Ronald H. Thole and Douglas W. Prihar, 1999, Geology of the Eugene Mountains, northwestern Nevada, NBMG Map 115.Melbye, Charles, 1956, Geologic and Economic Evaluation of the Danner Tungsten Properties, Peshing Count, Nevada; Item 58, NBMG Mining District file 282.