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Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045141
MRDS ID M232809
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53231, 41.87518 (WGS84)
Relative position TOW MILES NORTH OF GRANITE MTN. EL. 7260

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearpaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 057E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn-Tactite(Silication)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Coffee Pot Stock
    Rock description Coffee Pot Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53231, 41.87518
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone-Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALONG NORTH CONTACT OF THE COFFEE POT STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alder

Comments on development

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN BUCK AND WICKIUP CREEKS-CLAIMED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM JARBIDGE AND ROWLAND. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS BEING DONE IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUSHNELL KENT, (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD., ELKO CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. #67

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTRUSIVE CONTACT
Deposit RIDGE BETW BUCK & WICKIUP CREEKS ARE CLAIMED BY SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM JARBIDGE AND ROWLAND. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS BEING DONE IN 1954.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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