Three Prospects, Staggs Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
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Three Prospects | Prospect |
Staggs Mining District | Mining District |
Pershing County | County |
Nevada | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 32' 12'' North , 119° 0' 14'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
438283
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:438283:9
GUID (UUID V4):
9d8e8ebf-0d82-445d-b283-eba38bcbb85d
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Unnamed Tungsten Deposits; The Lava Beds Prospect
Deposit: This record has been merged with m242821, which has been deleted. These prospects are often confused with sage hen mine (or hilltop mine), which are located above the prospects on ridge crest. Utm coordinates are from stager and tingley (1988). Scattered tactite outcrops with scheelite crystals up to 2 inches long along remnant bedding planes and cracks in the tactite. Roof pendants of limestone in the granitic intrusive up to hundreds of feet long, cut by monzonite dikes. Parts of the monzonite are prominently sheeted in plates 2-6 ft thick.
Deposit type: W skarn
Development: First visited by hess and larson in 1917.
Geology: The scheelite-bearing skarn deposits are small with brown garnet and epidote forming streaks 1 to 12 inches wide in poorly exposed pods of sedimentary rocks in granite. Very little scheelite is visible. The deposits occur from the base to the top of the ridge, and for a distance of about 2 miles along the ridge.
Ore(s): Grantitic Contact With Sedimentary Rocks; Bedding Planes, In Part.
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1 valid mineral.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
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ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
W | Tungsten | |
W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10008810 |
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