Mine detail: South Pit Mine

Previously called 'SidespringsWhite Cloud #4Happy Chance'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.18189, -113.37499

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Gold, Molybdenum
Ore:	Gold, Molybdenite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Big Horse Can. Ls Member Of Orr Formation
Host type:	Silt,Limestone
Associated rock:	Painter Springs Intrusive
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Eastern Limb Of Block Faulted Anticline. Sed. Locally Domed By Intrusive
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Tactite

References

MRDS	D005788
DEP	10011245
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, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.