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Unnamed tungsten prospect (MRDS10042426), Staggs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
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Unnamed tungsten prospect (MRDS10042426)Prospect
Staggs Mining DistrictMining District
Pershing CountyCounty
NevadaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 33' 43'' North , 118° 57' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Empire217 (2011)32.8km
Gerlach206 (2011)35.3km
Lovelock1,878 (2017)58.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
438447
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:438447:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Deposit: Scheelite occurs in tactite in pieces As much As 2 inches in diameter, but mostly much smaller, visibly following planes in the garnet or in quartz. There are two principle inclusions of limestone on south side of willow gulch with a length of some hundreds of feet, interrupted by granodiorite dikes, and an exposed width of 25 feet. Part of granodiorite near the deposits is prominently sheeted in plates 2 to 6 ft. Thick, dipping 50 degrees n. 40 degrees W. Part of a group of tactite bodies in and around a small valley called willow gulch in the lava bed mtns. Extent of these deposits is uncertain As the rocks are partly covered by soil ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Deposit type: W skarn

Geology: Scheelite occurs in tactite in pieces As much As 2 inches in diameter but mostly much smaller, visibly following planes in the garnet or in quartz. There are two principle inclusions of limestone on south side of willow gulch with a length of some hundreds of feet, interrupted by granodiorite dikes, and an exposed width of 25 feet. Part of granodiorite near the deposits is prominently sheeted in plates 2 to 6 ft. Thick, dipping 50 degree n. 40 degree w.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
'Calcium Amphibole Subgroup
var. Hornblende'
-AnCa2(Z2+5-mZ3+m)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

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HHydrogen
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. HornblendeAnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
OOxygen
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. HornblendeAnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
O QuartzSiO2
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
FFluorine
F Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. HornblendeAnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
AlAluminium
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. HornblendeAnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
SiSilicon
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. HornblendeAnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
ClChlorine
Cl Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. HornblendeAnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Calcium Amphibole Subgroup var. HornblendeAnCa2(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m)Al(n+m))(OH,F,Cl)2
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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