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Unnamed Skarn

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095722
MRDS ID M233772
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Skarn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27511, 39.70241 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Airy NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 042E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Seratization.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27511, 39.70241
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXPOSURES OF FEOX STAINED PHYLLITE GRADING INTO FINE GRAINED SPOTTED SHIST ALSO QTZ RICH BIOTITE PHENOCRYSTS, EQUIGRANULAR. SMALL QTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ravenswood

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY DOZED & TRENCHED WITHIN LAST 3 YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBSERVATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Mohsen, Ahmed F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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