Mine detail: Baldy Peak Mine

Previously called ''

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

39.18773, -113.4211

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Diopside, Garnet, Idocrase, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Limesone Of Big Horse Canyon Member Of The Orr;
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Porphyritic Granite (Notch Peak Intrusion);
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Forming The House Range, Roof Pendant In Granite Intrusion
Tectonic:	Granite Intruded In A Back-Arc Setting. Current Setting Is Basin-Range Extension
Alteration processes:	Metasomatism

References

MRDS	RE00173
DEP	10055152
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH, BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014, P.33}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-636}{Deposit:: PETERSEON, D.M., 1976, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NOTCH PEAK TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UT, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, M.S. THESIS, 74P.}{Deposit:: GEHMAN, H.M., JR., 1958, NOTCH PEAK INTRUSIVE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH; GEOLOGY, PETROGENESIS, AND ECONOMIC DEPOSITS: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN 62, 50 P.}{Production:: EVERETT, 1961, P. 33}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.