Mine detail: Solomons Hollow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.36469, -112.77385

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Orebody form:	POD-LIKE
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1944

Geology

Host rock:	Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Qtzite
Host type:	Shale,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Basin & Range
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Hingeline, Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Scarn

References

MRDS	D005987
DEP	10087277
Reference	{Deposit:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH, GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.}{Deposit:: CRAWFORD, A L, 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH/WITH MINE MAP: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY REPRINT #56}{Deposit:: 1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S W USGS BULL 945-}{Production:: EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.