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Unnamed Tungsten Deposits

Occurrence in Pershing 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044129
MRDS ID M231474
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Tungsten Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.96183, 40.56128 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI. W-SW OF WILLOW SPRING IN LAVA BED MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dead Horse Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Granite Springs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 027E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION IS ESTIMATED, UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.96183, 40.56128
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BROWN GARNET AND EPIDOTE FORM STREAKS 1 TO 12 INCHES WIDE. VERY LITTLECHEELITE IS VISIBLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Staggs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HESS AND LARSEN, 1922, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE U.S.; USGS BULL. 725-D, P.293-94

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE MASS. BROWN GARNET AND EPIDOTE FORM STREAKS 1 TO 12 INCHES WIDE. VERY LITTLE SCHEELITE IS VISIBLE.
Deposit TACTITE MASS W-SW OF WILLOW SPRING ON THE POINT OF A HILL 150 FEET ABOVE THE GULCH INTO WHICH WILLOW GULCH EMPTIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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