Mine detail: Contact Claim

Previously called 'Contact Fraction Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34497, -112.78412

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Garnet
Orebody form:	POD LIKE
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
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,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Lincoln Quartz Monzonite Stock
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range, Faults (North-Trending)
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Scarn

References

MRDS	D005986
DEP	10011336
Reference	{Deposit:: HOBBS, SW, 1944: TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D, P 106}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPRINT #56}{Deposit:: 1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S W BULL 945-}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A., Everts, Michael L.