Dixie Prospect, Table Mountain Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Dixie Prospect | Prospect |
| Table Mountain Mining District | Mining District |
| Pershing County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 4' 57'' North , 117° 49' 11'' West
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Mindat Locality ID:
58776
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:58776:0
GUID (UUID V4):
73e297ad-4eb1-4e79-b306-3bb0772fb59d
Sec 33 T26N R37E. Silver and tungsten prospect.
Deposit: Scheelite occurs in large crystals with silver minerals in a calcite vein cutting dark blue limestone. Vein is 1.5-2 ft wide, and has been explored for 150 ft along srike, and to a depth of 30 ft by the adit and shallow shafts. Small irregular stopes extend out from the adit and shafts. The scheelite crystals are sparsely scattered in the vein and no mineable ore shoots have been found.
Deposit type: W skarn
Development: Property was previously mined for silver but has no recorded tungsten production. Tungsten mineralization was discovered by jack w. Perry of lovelock in 1940.
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2 valid minerals.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10042625 |
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