Deposit with commodities tungsten
More information at and near this site: W-NV00124
| Feature ID | W-Mo00553 |
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| Geographic coordinates | -117.256, 41.1944 |
| Point definition | Same location as the Riley Extension mine (Mf00446) |
| Reference | Hotz and Willden (1964); Plate 1 Date: 1955; Scale: Medium (1:24,000-1:250,000)
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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. |
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| Geologic map unit | -117.256, 41.1944 |
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