Mine detail: South Pit Mine

Previously called 'SidespringsWhite Cloud #4Happy Chance'

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Location: Millard County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.18189, -113.37499
dep_id: 10011245
mrds_id: D005788
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Minor mineral: Gold, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold, Molybdenite, Scheelite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Tactite
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurrs Along Contact Skarn Zone
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Big Horse Can. Ls Member Of Orr Formation
hrock_type: Silt,Limestone
arock_unit: Painter Springs Intrusive
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Basin And Range, Eastern Limb Of Block Faulted Anticline. Sed. Locally Domed By Intrusive
tectonic: Cordilleran Geosyncline
References:
  • 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.
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