| Deposit ID | 10043898 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231199 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Garnet Tungsten Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Garnet Ridge Mine, Nash Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.53879, 40.40349 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Washoe(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pah-Rum Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Kumiva Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Washoe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 022E | 05,08 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite) |
| (1) | -119.53879, 40.40349 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR, CONTACT ZONE |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Cottonwood District; Cottonwood Canyon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231199 |
BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 70
STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL. ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SOME OF THE TACTITE IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN ABOUT 0.5 % WO3, BUT THE QUANTITY OF THIS MATERIAL IS LIMITED AND NO P-RODUCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED. |
| Deposit | THE WORKINGS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN INTRUSIVE GRANODIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1986 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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