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Knight Prospect, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 12' 29'' North , 117° 17' 18'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.20822,-117.28846
GeoHash:
G#: 9rkd7j9pk
GRN:
N28W64
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Golconda214 (2011)33.0km
Paradise Valley109 (2011)37.8km
Winnemucca7,887 (2017)45.7km
Orovada155 (2011)57.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
429855
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:429855:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Ed Knight's Claims; Ne End of Mountain King Mine Area


Deposit: Claims cover a small salient in the northern margin of the granodiorite stock. Scheelite occurs in small bodies of tactite and disseminated in altered sulfides along the contact of limestone and calcareous hornfels with granodiorite. Some thin layers of ore from 1 to 3 feet thick contain As much As 2% wo3, but most of the material averages less than 0.5% wo3.

Development: No record of production from the property; no activity in 1984

Rock formation(s): Osgood Stock
Preble


Ore(s): Contact Of Granodiorite With Limestone Salient

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1 valid mineral.

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ⓘ Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)

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Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)

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OOxygen
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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References

Hobbs, S.W. and Clabaugh, S.E., (1946), NBMG Bull. 44, Pl. 1, P. 28.
Hotz, P.E. and Willden, R., (1964), USGS Pp 431, P. 111, Fig. 16.
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