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Garnet

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten, Iron, Uranium
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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 10098623
MRDS ID M232813
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet
Alternate or previous names Garnet Tungsten-Montrose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67453, 41.80101 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE N.W. OF TENNESSEE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tennessee 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 045N 056E 0817 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 12 BASIN AND RANGE; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1936 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn-Tactite

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 60 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone-Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN .3-.5% WOZ AND .01% MO, ACCORDING TO GARSITE, P 43., URANINITE OCCURS ALONG A FAULT THAT STRIKES N75 W, DIPS 65 E IN A BODY OF TACTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Alder

Comments on the production information

  • ESITMATED TO CONTAIN 0.3-0.5% WOZ AND 0.01% MO

Comments on development

  • SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE TENNESSEE MTNS IN 1949. EXTENSIVE TUNGSTEN EXPLORATION WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY IN THE EARLY 1950'S WHEN 2600' OF DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE. MILL CONSTRUCTED IN 1960'S TO TREAT THIS ORE; SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS MINED & TRUCKED TO MT. HOPE MILL IN EUREKA CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M.(1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    GARSITE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NBMG BULL 81

  • Production

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1949, IN THE TENNESSEE MTNS. EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION FOR TUNGSTEN WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY IN THE EARLY 1950'S WHEN SOME 2600' OF DIAMOND DRILLING WAS DONE. A MILL TO TRENT ONE FROM THIS PROPERTY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN MOUNTAIN CITY IN THE LATE 1960'S, AND A SMALL QUANTITY OF ORE WAS MILLED. LATER, IN 1976-77(?) A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS MINED FROM SURFACE & UNDERGROUND OPERATION AND TRUCKED TO THE MT. HOPE MILL IN EUREKA COUNTY
Deposit INTRUSIVE CONTACT; FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

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

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