| Deposit ID | 10046068 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233983 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Epidote Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.27947, 40.2791 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Relative position | SOUTH OF WHITE HORSE PASS (U.S. 50) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Horse Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 028N | 068E | 11 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -114.27947, 40.2791 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| District name | White Horse |
|---|
| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | W | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2.5 Percent Wo3 (Sorted Ore) | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233983 |
SMITH, ROSCOE M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY NEVADA, OPEN FILE REPORT USGS, 1976-56
NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN.1984)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE EPIDOTE CLAIM IS A CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT WITH SCHEELITE DISSEMINATED ERRATICALLY IN EXTENSIVE MASSES OF TACTITE COMPOSED OF GARNET, EPIDOTE, AND QUARTZ. THE TACTITE LIES ON THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVE CONTACT. IN 1942-43 12 TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE (SORTED) WAS SHIPPED, THAT AVERAGED ABOUT 2.3% WO3. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | CONTACT-METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT WITH SCHEELITE ERRATICALLY DISSEMINATED IN EXTENSIVE MASSES OF TACTITE ON THE CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ-MONZONITE INTRUSIVE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1979 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1984 | Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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