Mine detail: House Range Deposits

Previously called 'Includes BlackhawkMineral ValleyNew KlondikeScheelite Queen.'

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Location: Millard County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.19995, -113.40082
dep_id: 10008884
mrds_id: D001370
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Sulfur-Pyrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Andradite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
conc_proc: Deposition From Hydrothermal Fluids Derived From Deep Within The Quartz Monzonite Magma
ore_ctrl: Contact Between Quartz Monzonite And The Metamorphic Rock, Also Contact Between Aplite And Metamorphic Rock
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Elliott, J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_unit: Marjum Limestone;Weeks Formation;Orr Formation;Notch Peak Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_unit: Quartz Monzonite Stock
arock_type: Granite
Structure: The House Range, An Anticline With A High Angle Fault, Doming Of Sediment By Igneous Stock
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: GEHMAN, H.M., 1958, UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 62.
  • Production:: LEMMON, D.M. (UNPUBLISHED DATA)
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