Mine detail: Unknown Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

39.19523, -113.40304

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Epidote, Idocrase
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Big Hourse Canyon Ls Member Of The Orr Formation;Weeks Formation;Marjum Formation
Host type:	Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Painter Springs Intrusion
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Plutonic Rock,Granite
Structure:	Basin And Range, The Area Is A Limestone Roof Pendant Domed Up By The Intrusive. It Is Also A Titled (Se) Fault Block
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Skarn

References

MRDS	D004369
DEP	10010582
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014}{Deposit:: 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V.3}{Deposit:: 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V.53}{Deposit:: 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.