Mine detail: B. Estelle Mine

Previously called 'Bradley Craig Claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.19049, -113.85307

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Zinc
Ore: Scheelite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1894

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1940

Geology

Host rock:Oquirrh Formation;Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Basin And Range
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDC12285
DEP10020069
Reference{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25-26}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL.}{Production:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 25}
ReporterUnknown, Messenger, Harold M. III