Mine detail: Yellow Hammer Mine

Previously called 'Cosmopolitan'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.11715, -113.82751

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Silver, Beryllium, Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
Gangue: Actinolite, Albite, Apatite, Calcite, Chlorite, Garnet, Orthoclase, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Basin And Range
Tectonic:Geosyncline

References

MRDSDC15196
DEP10098085
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CUSTER, 1917, SEE ALSO FLINT, 1960}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS, PP 177}{Deposit:: EL-SHATOURY, H.M. AND WHELAN, J.A., 1970, MINERALIZATION IN THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT TOOELE CO, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 83}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014}{Deposit:: CUSTER, A.E., 1917, DEEP CREEK, CLIFTON MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: ENG. AND MIN., JOUR., V. 103, P. 916.}{Deposit:: FLINT A., 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF THE EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION OF THE ALVARADO, CANE SPRING, BONNEMORT, AND YELLOW HAMMER MINES, GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH.}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, 1935, USGS, PP. 177}{Deposit:: 1961 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8014}{Deposit:: 1970 MINEMAP UNIV. OF UTAH., UGMS BULL. 83.}{Production:: NOLAN, 1935, P. 122, AND EVERETT, 1961, P. 28.}{Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY}
ReporterDoelling, Hellmut H., Unknown