Utah · Millard County
Past Producer

South Pit Mine

Millard County, Utah, United States
TungstenGoldMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryGold, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlMineralization Occurrs Along Contact Skarn Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Molybdenite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSilt,Limestone · Big Horse Can. Ls Member Of Orr Formation
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Painter Springs Intrusive
StructureBasin And Range, Eastern Limb Of Block Faulted Anticline. Sed. Locally Domed By Intrusive
Tectonic settingCordilleran Geosyncline
AlterationTactite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10011245
MRDS IDD005788
Alternate namesSidesprings, White Cloud #4, Happy Chance
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.18189, -113.37499
References
EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATIONHINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #80141876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V. 31908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V. 531951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6EVERTS, M.L., 1979, ONSITE INVESTIGATION: UT. GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.