Mine detail: Fraction Lode Mine

Previously called 'Timm Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.19549, -113.84974

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

Host rock:Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:Monzonite
Structure:Basin And Range, Pool Canyon Fault
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDC12273
DEP10088440
Reference{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 216}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 177}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1944, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.13}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1953, MINERALS YEARBOOK}{Deposit:: WILSON, S.R., 1958, GOLD HILL, UTAH, CLIFTON DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY: UNPUB. REPORT 80.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B. PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1942 RECON USBM, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.13}{Production:: WILSON, S.R., 1958, UNPUBLISHED REPORT; USBM, 1953, MINERALS YEARBOOK}
ReporterUnknown, Messenger, Harold M. III