Mine detail: Wilfong Claim Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 40.16993, -113.82501

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Tungsten
Ore: Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Grossularite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1939

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Ochre Mountain Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Gold Hill Stock
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Basin And Range
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDC15163
DEP10094839
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1943, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16}{Deposit:: MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1981, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PROF. PAPER 177.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B., PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1943 RECON USBM-MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 74.16}
ReporterUnknown, Messenger, Harold M. III