Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR-IRREGULAR VEIN
Ore controlComposition & Physical Character Of The Limestone Layers, Fractures, Faults, Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsScheelite
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Moenkopi Formation (Host);Tailsman Quartzite;Callville-Pakoon Undiff;Redwall Formation
StructureBasin & Range, N-S Trending Faults & Shears That Parallel Bedding
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
AlterationTactite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1944
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10010749
MRDS IDD004697
Alternate namesBig Pass Canyon Mine, Blue Star Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.30525, -112.82496
References
HOBBS, S.W., 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: USGS BULL 945-D., P. 107-110/WITH MAPCRAWFORD, A.,L., 1957, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY UTAH/WITH MINE MAPS: UGMS REPRINT #56.1944 COMPILE HOBBS, S.W. BULL 945-EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.