Mine detail: Scheelite Queen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.19662, -113.3961

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Molybdenite, Scheelite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Big Horse Member Of The Orr Formation (Host);Weeks Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Painter Spring Intrusive
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Basin & Range, East Limb Of Se Dipping Fault Block That Has Been Domed By Jurassic Intrusion
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Tactite, Scarn

References

MRDS	D005790
DEP	10011246
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD CO, UTAH: USGS MF 636}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. #8014}{Deposit:: 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V. 3}{Deposit:: 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COL. V 53}{Deposit:: 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6}{Production:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. 8014}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.