Mine detail: Strategic Metals Mine

Previously called 'Big Pass Canyon MineBlue Star Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.30525, -112.82496

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Lead, Silver
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Orebody form: LENTICULAR-IRREGULAR VEIN
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1944

Geology

Host rock:Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Callville-Pakoon Undiff;Redwall Formation
Host type:Shale,Limestone
Structure:Basin & Range, N-S Trending Faults & Shears That Parallel Bedding
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Tactite

References

MRDSD004697
DEP10010749
Reference{Deposit:: HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D., P. 107-110/WITH MAP}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, A.,L., 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.}{Deposit:: 1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S.W. BULL 945-}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
ReporterShubat, Michael A., Everts, Michael L.