Deposit with commodities tungsten
More information at and near this site: W-NV00124
| Feature ID | W-Mo00458 |
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| Other names | East vein (1); West vein (1) |
| Geographic coordinates | -117.251, 41.1891 |
| Point definition | Same location as the Riley mine (Mf00422) |
| Reference | Horton and San Juan (2020); 24k Points file Date: 2020
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| Remarks | (1) Stager and Tingley (1988) |
| Commodities | tungsten |
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| Valuable materials | chalcopyrite; galena; scheelite; sphalerite |
| Associated materials | garnet; molybdenite; pyrite; quartz |
| Mineralization style | skarn |
| Host rock age | Cambrian |
| Host unit name | Preble Formation |
| Host lithologies | granodiorite; limestone; shale; skarn; slate |
| Alteration | contact metamorphism; skarn |
| Reference | Hotz, P.E., and Willden, R., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Osgood Mountains quadrangle, Humboldt County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 431, 128 p., scale 1:62,500, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp431. |
| Type | Model | Reference |
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| Deposit model | 14a - W skarn deposits | Sherlock, M.G., Cox, D.P., and Huber, D.F., 1996, Known mineral deposits and occurrences in Nevada, in Singer, D.A., ed., An analysis of Nevada's metal-bearing mineral resources: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 96-2, p. 10-1–10-38, https://pubs.nbmg.unr.edu/NV-s-metal-bearing-chap-10-p/of1996-02-10.htm. |
| Geoenvironmental model | Sn and (or) W skarn and replacement deposits | Hammarstrom, J.M., Elliott, J.E., Kotlyar, B.B., Theodore, T.G., Nash, J.T., John, D.A., Hoover, D.B., and Knepper, D.H., Jr., 1995, Sn and (or) W skarn and replacement deposits, in du Bray, E.A., ed., Preliminary compilation of descriptive geoenvironmental mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-831, p. 54–61, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr95831. |
| Date | Description | Class | Type | Material | Contained | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Unclassified | Unclassified | ore | tungsten trioxide (WO3) | 90(calculated) | tons |
| 1943: Unclassified, Unclassified | |
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| Year of estimate | 1943 |
| Resource description | Unclassified |
| Resource classification | Unclassified |
| Material | tungsten trioxide (WO3) |
| Material type | ore |
| Material amount | 15,000(calculated) |
| Amount units | tons |
| Grade | 0.6(calculated) |
| Grade units | percent |
| Contained commodity | 90(calculated) |
| Contained commodity units | tons |
| Material amount SI | 14,000(calculated) |
| Material amount SI units | metric tons |
| Grade SI | 0.48(calculated) |
| Grade SI units | percent |
| Contained commodity SI | 65(calculated) |
| Contained commodity SI units | metric tons |
| Contained commodity element | W |
| Remarks | Mat_Amnt range of 10,000–20,000 tons; Grade range of 0.4–0.6 percent |
| Short reference | Callaghan and others (1943)Page 8 |
| Reference | Callaghan, E., Vitaliano, C.J., Clabaugh, S.E., and Hobbs, S.W., 1943, Tungsten deposits of the Osgood Range, Humboldt County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 43-12, 11 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr4312. |
| Dates | Status | Detail | Reference |
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| 1943 to 1945 | Exploration | Exploration from 1943 through 1945 | Holmes (1946) |
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| Geologic map unit | -117.251, 41.1891 |
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