Mine detail: Bovine Mountain Tungsten

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.5002, -113.66114

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Tungsten
Ore: Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Andradite, Epidote, Limonite, Marble
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pequop Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Grouse Creek Pluton Or Emigrant Pass Intrusion
Associated type:Diorite
Tectonic:Basin And Range - Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Marbleization

References

MRDSDB01972
DEP10088393
Reference{Deposit:: BAKER, W. H., 1959 , GEOLOGIC SETTING AND ORGIN OF THE GROUSE CREEK PLUTON, BOX ELDER CO., UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH.D. DISSERTATION.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL.}{Deposit:: 1959 GEOLMAP W. H. BAKER, UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI}{Production:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H.