Mine detail: Sidesprings Mine

Previously called 'Side Springs Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.18134, -113.37499

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Diopside, Garnet

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Limestone Of Big Horse Canyon Member Of The Orr Formation;
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Prophyritic Granite (Notch Peak Intrusion);
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Sevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Bounding The House Range
Tectonic:	Granite Intruded In A Back-Arc Setting
Alteration processes:	Metasomatism, Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDS	RE00181
DEP	10055154
Reference	{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-636.}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR, 8014, 44P.}{Deposit:: GRAY, R.S., 1956, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PROPERTY OF THE TREASURE MOUNTAIN MINING CO., HOUSE RANGE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBLISED REPORT.}{Deposit:: PETERSON, 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.}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.