Mine detail: North Desolate Point

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.05742, -113.74113

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Tungsten
Ore: Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Pogonip Formation Or Kanosh Shale
Host type:Silt,Limestone
Associated rock:Crater Island Stock
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Marbleization, Bleaching

References

MRDSD005382
DEP10087174
Reference{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., 1920, ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER III.}{Deposit:: SCHAEFFER, F.E., AND ANDERSON, W.L., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER ISLAND MOUNTAINS BOX ELDER AND TOOELE COUNTIES AND ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: UTAH GEOLOGICAL BULL. 15.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.}{Reserve-Resource:: THIS REVIEW.}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.