Mine detail: Pine Grove Porphry Molybdenum Deposit

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Location

Lat / long: 38.33607, -113.60638

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Tungsten
Ore: Molybdenite, Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Kaolinite, Pyrite
Orebody form: PIPE
Discovery year: 1975

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Pine Grove Pluton;East End Pluton
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Pioche Mineral Belt, Sevier Orogenic Belt., Several East-West Striking Faults
Tectonic:Basin And Range Extension
Alteration processes:Argillic, Sevicitic Phyllie,

References

MRDSM058916
DEP10042325
Reference{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, 1978, PHELPS DODGE DISCOVERS DEEP MOS,: WORLD MINING, VOL. 31, NO. 7}{Deposit:: ABBOTT, J.T., BEST, M.G., AND MORRIS, H.T., 1985, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE-BLAWN MOUNTAIN AREA, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1479.}{Deposit:: KEITH, J.D., 1982, MAGMATIC EVALUTION OF THE PINE GROVE PORPHRY MOLYBDENUM SYSTEM, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WISCONSIN}{Deposit:: SMITH, M.R., 1982, MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITY REVIEW, 1981-82; UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY CIRCULAR NO. 72.}{Deposit:: TEFURI, WILLIAM, GETTY MINERALS CO., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.}
ReporterShubat, Michael A.