Abstract
Contact metasomatic deposits are a fairly clearly defined type in which the ore occurs as a replacement of the contact metamorphic zone between an intrusive and its wallrock. Several economic Minerals are found in such deposits, among which scheelite is one of the most important, particularly where the wallrock is limestone. Pine Creek is a good example of the type and is also the most important tungsten deposit in the U.S.A.
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Bateman, P. C. (1956), Economic Geology of the Bishop Tungsten District, California. California Div. of Mines Special Reports 47. 87pp. [A good general account of the deposits, well-illustrated.]
Bateman, P. C. (1965), Geology and Tungsten Mineralization of the Bishop District, California. U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper, 470, 208pp. [A longer more detailed work than the 1956 paper.]
Grey, R. F. et. al., (1968), Bishop Tungsten District, California. In: Ore Deposits of the U.S.A., 1933–1967 (Ridge, J. D., ed.), pp. 1531–54. Am. Inst. Min. Met. Pet. Eng., New York. 2 vols. 1880pp. [A concise account by a group of geologists from the operating company as opposed to Bateman of the Geological Survey.]
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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Pine Creek Tungsten Deposit — U.S.A.. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_43
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