Mine detail: Brown Queen

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Location

Lat / long:

39.21495, -113.3786

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Garnet
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR-VEIN
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Big Horse Ls Member Of The Orr Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Painter Springs Intrusive
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	Basin & Range, The Crest Of A Broad Anticline That Has Been Block Faulted And Tilted Southeast
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Limonite, Scarn

References

MRDS	D004373
DEP	10087001
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUAD, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF 636}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIR. #8014}{Deposit:: 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3}{Deposit:: 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COLL. V 53}{Deposit:: 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6}{Production:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.